The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
That’s not cushty! Politician drops lawsuit against rival who called him “Del Boy” but is still facing a £50,000 bill [Mail Online]
Assange lawyers demand Swedish prosecution files or no London interview [The Register]
Facebook data privacy case to be heard before European Union court [The Guardian]
Boris Johnson: Sharia law is completely unacceptable in the UK [The Mirror]
Top lawyers discussed the future of advocacy at Legal Cheek Careers event at Gray’s Inn last night [Instagram]
“If I can do this, you can” Ed Miliband’s barrister wife Justine Thornton tells pupils [Harrow Times]
Tesco faces further legal action from UK shareholders [BBC News]
Human rights rebuke over legal aid reforms [Law Society Gazette]
Ooh, Betty [Inappropriate Gavels]
Law GIF [Facebook]
Private client paralegal at well established firm in South West London [Legal Cheek Jobs]
“Our judges are so out of touch with the real world. How can they understand the people they are judging if they don’t watch daytime TV?” [Legal Cheek Comments]