The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Chris Huhne loses legal costs appeal [The Guardian]
Ex-Halliwells partners win immunity from liquidator claims [Legal Futures]
Judge criticises magistrates for wasting taxpayers’ money by ‘shunting’ cases to crown court [Hull Daily Mail]
Former Court of Appeal judge eats porridge in the Clink [Twitter]
Excellent breakfast yesterday at the new Clink restaurant in Brixton prison. Prisoners trained there get jobs and 90% don't reoffend soon
— Henry Brooke (@HenryBrooke1) October 29, 2014
DPP highlights importance of prosecuting in public interest [The Justice Gap]
Networking group aims to help women reach legal high in City [London Evening Standard]
Ryanair faces £6m penalty for violating French labour laws after court throws out appeal [Mail Online]
Real Madrid planning to take legal action after Zinedine Zidane was banned from coaching for three months because of a lack of qualifications [The Independent]
Female lawyers group asks NBC to put controversial ‘Bad Judge’ TV show out of its misery [Jezebel]
Senior paralegal required for Sussex technology firm [Legal Cheek jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Am I being unduly cynical to regard paralegal positions as both the starting point, and – realistically – the final destination, for those who choose that path?” [Legal Cheek Comments]