The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Oscar Pistorius sentenced to five years – but appeal of verdict looks a possibility [The Independent]
BBC licence fee: top barrister to look into decriminalisation of evasion [The Guardian]
Sorry Sir Nicholas, you may be a High Court judge but you’re wrong – marriage is special [Mail Online]
Zuckerberg seeks a pound of flesh from firm DLA Piper who sued Facebook [Business Week]
Top QC lost for words [Twitter]
London suffers surprise legal jobs fall [Law Society Gazette]
Outgoing GCHQ chief defends agency practice on data collection [Wall Street Journal]
McIlroy pulls of of China tournament to focus on legal battle [Reuters]
Female judge asked to disqualify herself due to suspected ‘feminist’ and ‘leftist’ views [The Sydney Morning Herald]
Judge rules that flavour of pizza isn’t entitled to trademark protection [The Hollywood Reporter]
Conveyancing paralegal at legal 500 firm in Berkshire [Legal Cheek jobs]
“It is simply wrong to say that Pistorius will spend five years in prison. He will not. And, as he will not, the news headline tweets are factually incorrect” [Legal Cheek comments]
Heard in court [Facebook]