The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Profile: Justice Lowell Goddard [BBC News]
Joshua Rozenberg backs Goddard appointment [Twitter]
Justice Lowell Goddard’s interview on @BBCr4today suggests the home office has heeded the concerns I reported here: http://t.co/gkguw9Uz3e
— Joshua Rozenberg (@JoshuaRozenberg) February 5, 2015
Junior solicitor dies at Shoreditch party [Milton Keynes Citizen]
There could be “carnage” among personal injury firms this year as the full impact of the Jackson reforms hit [Legal Futures]
Legal aid lawyer quits to become a country singer like Dolly Parton [The Mirror]
Judge rules mother-of-six with learning disabilities can be sterilised for health reasons and authorised medics to “force entry” into woman’s home and restrain her [Mail Online]
Rory McIlroy settles legal dispute thought to be £20m with former agent Horizon Sports Management [The Telegraph]
Law GIF [Facebook]
Property paralegal at excellent West Sussex firm [Legal Cheek Jobs]
“I’m a lawyer… I’m a disorganised, cluttered scatter brain.. and never lied to client” [Legal Cheek Comments]