The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
It’s time we celebrated it Britain’s legal sector, by Chris Grayling [CityAM]
Legal aid reforms are not the justice intended in Magna Carta [Politics.co.uk]
MPs reject backbench bid to amend abortion laws [BBC News]
Oz drug smugglers lose latest death row appeal [Sky News]
Judge tells ex-wife of millionaire racehorse vet to get a job in landmark divorce case [London Evening Standard]
Not The Global Law Summit draws huge crowd [Twitter] and [Instagram]
Packed house at #notthegloballawsummit #standupforlegalaid pic.twitter.com/0VFkT7E7nd
— Legal Cheek (@legalcheek) February 23, 2015
The World’s 10 Worst Anti-Women Laws: How Do These Still Exist? [Marie Claire]
Roman Polanski’s lawyer wants media barred from Polish courtroom [The Guardian]
Swindon Town Football Club faces court over law firm debt [BBC News]
Bob Marley estate wins court battle against T-shirt merchandisers [The Guardian]
Law GIF [Facebook]
Residential conveyancing paralegal at South West based firm [Legal Cheek Jobs]
“I am at the entry stage of a legal career. I do not know anyone who intends to enter criminal law. Do such people exist?” [Legal Cheek Comments]