The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Assange agrees to be questioned in London [The Local]
Julian Assange speech prompts judges to boycott legal conference [The Guardian]
David Allen Green: If a politician breaks a promise should a voter have a legal remedy? [Financial Times]
Britain’s wealthy judges must prevent subconscious bias against poor people, says Lord Neuberger [The Independent]
Respect women’s right to wear veil in court, says Britain’s most senior judge Lord Neuberger [The Guardian]
Criminal court charges anger lawyers [Financial Times]
#JudgeRobingRoomProblems [Twitter]
When you're in the robing room w/ your Court colleagues & your wife's "Brick House" ringtone starts blaring. pic.twitter.com/iuxMR810Fr
— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) April 16, 2015
Lawyers are getting dumber: New figures show law school applicants achieving top grades halved in five years [Mail Online]
Meet the lawyer taking on Uber and the rest of the on-demand economy [Fusion]
Law GIF [Facebook]
Conveyancing Paralegal at reputable firm based in the south west [Legal Cheek Jobs]
“CC has got itself in to a very dangerous corner. The argument that employees are entitled to publicly air deeply offensive views is, to my mind, simply incompatible with modern business practice.” [Legal Cheek Comments]