The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
“Strike off a thumb, 20 shillings”: digitised Textus Roffensis is a window on early British law [The Guardian]
Jim Murphy pledges to scrap football bigotry law [The Telegraph]
Marijuana just became legal in the US capital [Rolling Stone]
Britain needs the European Arrest Warrant, senior legal figures say [The Telegraph]
Unhappy father must stop “snide remarks” about ex-partner’s lesbian lover, judge rules [The Telegraph]
BSkyB sport channels can air on rival BT service, court says [BBC News]
Britain’s worst shoplifter back in dock for 266th court appearance [The Mirror]
Lawyer names woman who accused his client of rape on his Twitter account [Jezebel]
Life inside Broadmoor: Mental health lawyer reveals what it’s really like inside famous hospital [The Mirror]
Conveyancing paralegal at growing residential property team in Peterborough [Legal Cheek jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Universitities in the UK have always thought that legal education was beneath them and not fit for serious study.” [Legal Cheek Comments]