The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Wanted: barrister to assert our sovereignty over the Chagos Islands [The Guardian]
Oliver Stone buy’s rights to novel by Edward Snowden’s Russian lawyer [Digital Spy]
Give contraception to problem families with up to 15 children says president of the High Court’s family courts [The Telegraph]
Unusual mitigation tactic employed by barrister [Twitter]
Unusual mitigation: 'My client…would…quite like another three months in prison.’ To finish a course and say bye to fave jailer
— CourtNewsUK (@CourtNewsUK) June 10, 2014
HS2 safeguarding directions legally flawed, High Court told [The Guardian]
Panorama undercover: Justice for sale [BBC iPlayer]
“Thousands” in London will be helped by slavery law [Evening Standard]
When cuts are the criminal act [The Guardian]
Lawyer says she may appeal a $50 fine imposed over the client’s droopy trousers during a court proceeding last month [NBC10]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Bewigged barristers in crime dramas lure international businesses to British commercial courts. Yeah…Riiight” [Legal Cheek Comments]