The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Domestic violence victims are being forced to face abusers in court ordeal, lawyers warn [The Independent]
Should be chimps be given human rights? New York judge will decide in landmark legal battle [The Mirror]
Does UK copyright law have a sense of humour? [The Telegraph]
The European court of human rights’ judgments that transformed British law [The Guardian]
What to read on the Tory proposals for a “Bill of Rights” [Jack of Kent]
Where Tory human rights plans leave the UK [Twitter]
Brilliant! Ven diagram of where Tory human rights plans leave UK compared to the rest of Europe HT @thejusticegap pic.twitter.com/YI4M0KwgQa
— Adam Wagner (@AdamWagner1) October 5, 2014
Frenchman wins legal right to marry his ex-stepmother [The Telegraph]
Top civil rights lawyer accused of raping woman at his Manhattan home after Rev Al Sharpton’s star-studded 60th birthday party [Mail Online]
Former News of the World editor facing jail after pleading guilty to phone hacking scandal [The Mirror]
Journalism and the law [The Economist]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Point taken that the ‘Barrister Hottie’ list contributed to the tabloid frenzy and benefitted from it. However, the question of how she will be perceived professionally is still relevant.” [Legal Cheek Comments]
LPC graduates required for investment banking projects [Legal Cheek Jobs]