The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Peppa Pig creators sued by woman “with same name as goat character” [Evening Standard]
Controversial bosses of law firm Quindell quit in clearout [Sky News]
Jihadi law brings us closer to a police state [The Guardian]
Plebgate: Andrew Mitchell was “no slouch” when it came to swearing, Sir Bob Geldof says [The Telegraph]
It appears to be true… [Twitter]
So, Andrew Mitchell, being challenged in court about his propensity to swear, describes the whole situation as "a shit storm".
#plebgate
— Jack of Kent (@JackofKent) November 17, 2014
The Taylor Wessing Prize has no future if it continues to be so insipidly PC [The Spectator]
Wealthy neighbours spend £500,000 in right-of-way legal wrangle over muddy ditch just a few feet wide that separates their land [Mail Online]
Rangers FC liquidators secure a £24m payment from Collyer Bristow, the law firm which acted for Craig Whyte when he bought the club in 2011 [BBC News]
Nearly 180 knives found by security guards at Northampton Crown Court during searches [Northampton Chronicle]
MP who earned £450,000 as a barrister accused of “bunking off” [The Independent]
Activity tracked data from fitness bracelet used in court for the first time [Wareable]
Property litigation paralegal is required to join a top 100 law firm based in Bristol [Legal Cheek Jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Given some of the charmless, biege cheap-suit wearing Milton Keynes dross that have been instructing me lately, and insist on attending chambers parties and glugging all our Cloudy Bay, the description seems spot-on.” [Legal Cheek Comments]