The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
International law firm Baker & McKenzie creates 250 jobs in Belfast [BBC News]
The 13 obscure UK laws you didn’t know you were breaking [The Independent]
Rape case warning over Tory plan to rewrite human rights law [The Guardian]
Senior partners at Merseyside law firm probed over fraud claims [Liverpool Echo]
Child victims of Rotherham sex abuse scandal could be in line for compensation totalling £140m says solicitor representing them [Mail Online]
University of Kent law student Leo Ng spared jail over haul of child abuse images [Kent Online]
Hogan Lovells posts retention, sending most NQs to litigation and employment [The Lawyer]
Magistrate accused of £9k loss of earnings fraud [Daily Post]
Polygamy is legal in Utah, for now [BuzzFeed]
LPC graduates required for investment banking projects [Legal Cheek Jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“The house is a very good question. Why exactly do they still own the house? Why exactly do they give it away to the elected head? Why why why?” [Legal Cheek Comments]