The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
How Rolf’s bullying lawyers cited Leveson inquiry to hide his arrest for four months and nearly jeopardised his conviction [Mail Online]
Andy Coulson and Clive Goodman to face retrial over bribery plot charges [The Independent]
Oscar Pistorius was not suffering from mental illness when he shot dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, psychiatric tests conclude as murder trial resumes [Mail Online]
Strange start to the week outside the Old Bailey [Twitter]
Ridiculous scenes outside Old Bailey as paparazzi horde takes photos of Coulson etc while a leprechaun dances an Irish jig in the background
— CourtNewsUK (@CourtNewsUK) June 30, 2014
Judge who ‘punched’ defence solicitor after heated confrontation returns to court [The Mirror]
London, after two years [Above the Law]
Legal aid child residence tests breach international rights, say MPs and peers [The Guardian]
Flexible working extended to all employees in UK [The Guardian]
Legal journalism work experience with Legal Cheek [Legal Cheek]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Paralegals are to solicitors what solicitors are to barristers” [Legal Cheek Comments]