The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
It’s Amal versus the genocide-deniers: Mrs Clooney leads Euro-court fight for Turkish MP to be prosecuted for calling death of 1.5million Armenians “a lie” [Mail Online]
Freshfields to pay £1bn to retired partners over next 50 years [The Lawyer (£)]
One spelling error costs Companies House up to £9 million after being sued for ruining business [The Independent]
Legal profession facing “collapse”, warns top Wolverhampton judge [Express & Star]
Trainee’s YouTube rant tests firms [The Times (£)]
Great to see @legalcheek in @thetimes again today pic.twitter.com/Y1lzSqEUN8
— Alex Aldridge (@AlexAldridgeUK) January 29, 2015
Lord Chief Justice blocks Theresa May from appointing serving judges to child sex abuse inquiry [David Hencke]
Analysis: Why can’t we sue the police for negligence? [BBC News]
Hell hath no fury like a lawyer scorned [The Wall Street Journal]
Mr. Incredible is found guilty of body-slamming Batgirl on Hollywood Boulevard after Freddy Krueger and Chewbacca tried to break up the brawl [Mail Online]
Commercial Property Paralegal at Top 200 Hampshire based firm [Legal Cheek Jobs]
Law GIF [Facebook]
“Obviously I haven’t seen this feedback, nor the student’s work, so I can’t really comment on the substance of the complaint. I can comment on the level of self pity though: it is quite frankly nauseating.” [Legal Cheek Comments]