The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Gary Glitter trial: Singer guilty of historical sex abuse [BBC News]
Aspiring lawyer attacked doctor with wheel brace after row at their children’s school [Telegraph & Argus]
Taylor Swift’s “this sick beat” may be the world’s first trademarked lyric [The Guardian]
Harper Lee and the conspiracy theories — why is To Kill a Mockingbird sequel only being released now? [The Mirror]
New law on sale of sex “could cut human trafficking” [BBC News]
Non fatal offences against the person explained [Twitter]
Non fatal offences against the person explained
Common assault
Battery
S47 ABH
S20 GBH
S20 Wounding
S18
— emoticoncaselaw (@emoticoncaselaw) February 5, 2015
Scotland Yard has spent more than £10 million guarding Julian Assange in Ecuadorian Embassy [Evening Standard]
Spain’s Princess Cristina ordered to sell mansion to pay court bond [The Guardian]
Can you defame the dead? [LexisNexis Wipit Blog]
A lawyer in Austria has written to Pope Francis seeking his intervention in a legal battle over the ringing of bells by Linz Cathedral every 15 minutes [The Guardian]
Law GIF [Facebook]
Private client paralegal required for dynamic and successful 12 partner firm based in North London [Legal Cheek Jobs]
“No one will look at a Mx and think ‘Ooo, that’s different’ or ‘I’m going to employ them as they’re using a neutral title’. If someone is going to discriminate, this won’t stop them.” [Legal Cheek Comments]