The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Even by the low standards of English lawyers, the men and women who run the Law Society have behaved like shameless hypocrites [The Spectator]
The Grayling meme: Top authors insert justice secretary villain into their novels [Politics.co.uk]
Lawyers falling short on ethics — study [The Guardian]
Anti-terror Bill: Teresa May criticised for producing “a chilling recipe for injustice” [The Independent]
ITV Daytime renews legal case show Judge Rinder for two more series [Digital Spy]
Black cab drivers “paying detectives to pose as Uber customers ahead of court case” [London Evening Standard]
Shrien Dewani’s lawyer launches application to have his murder trial scrapped and tells judge that main prosecution witness ‘lacks credibility’ [Mail Online]
Quiz: crazy EU law or made up law? [The Telegraph]
Businessman who was victim of “extreme internet trolling” settles High Court battle with Google [The Mirror]
Unpaid carer asks for help to fulfil lawyer dream [Northampton Chronicle]
Law student named Canada’s smartest person [Leader-Post]
Residential property paralegal at top legal 500 firm in Bedford [Legal Cheek jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“I think talk of defamation is probably missing the mark. If I were [Lord Harley’s] lawyer I think I would be looking at the protection from harassment act.” [Legal Cheek Comments]