The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Disgraced former chief whip Andrew Mitchell pays £300,000 in legal costs for failed ‘plebgate’ libel trial… but could still be ordered to pay millions more [Mail Online]
London office of US firm launches unpaid ‘vac scheme-lite’ for first year students [Legal Cheek]
Gordon Ramsay faces a £10.8million bill for rent over the next 17 years after losing a High Court battle over one of his London restaurants [Mail Online]
Lawyer of Guantanamo detainee: Donald Rumsfeld should be charged with conspiracy to torture [The Independent]
Euan Coulthard: Police still hopeful of finding Durham University law student alive despite scaling back search [Chronicle Live]
Vile solicitor who tried to cheat blind people’s charity out of £200,000 is jailed [The Mirror]
Tesco Law in theory will be Asda Law in reality [LexisNexis Future of Law Blog]
Snoop Dogg branded a “misogynist wretch” by a judge — after woman punched officer following his gig [The Mirror]
Commercial paralegal required for dynamic and successful North London firm [Legal Cheek Jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Can someone please ask why Tony Cross QC is a speaker? He is Chairman of the Criminal Bar Association for goodness sake.” [Legal cheek Comments]