The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Legal battle over Jay Z’s sampling on Big Pimpin’ comes to head after eight years [The Guardian]
Manchester United’s Marcos Rojo named as footballer in sex scandal court case [The Independent]
As a barrister it’s puzzling to hear the human rights act cause anger [Huffington Post]
Brit faces death sentence in Indonesia after being found guilty of smuggling heroin [The Mirror]
One of Garissa attack gunmen was “government official’s son” and “bright law student” [The Telegraph]
Senior Muslim lawyer says British teenagers see Isis as “pop idols” [The Guardian]
Review of ‘The Barefoot Lawyer: The Remarkable Memoir of China’s Bravest Political Activist’ — by Chen Guangcheng [Literary Review]
James Ward-Prowse: the 2KBW barrister’s son who is bending it like Beckham [Mail Online]
Forcing someone to represent themselves in court is the equivalent of a Sunday league defender being pitted against Lionel Messi [The Independent]
Is a law degree worth it? [BBC News]
A law student’s Easter [Facebook]
“The question remains why on Earth would one toil for many years in an MC firm, where the graft is comparable, but the cash isn’t as good. Sometimes I wish I chose a different career… ” [Legal Cheek Comments]