The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
George Galloway to mount legal challenge over election defeat [The Guardian]
Poor old Russell Brand still wants to launch his “revolution”… but in quaintly capitalist style, he wants to trademark the spelling as his own — to sell “trinkets” to the masses [Mail Online]
Why Michael Gove is the right man to being the lawyers to heel [The Spectator]
Grayling’s problem was not having a legal qualification but not having a heart. Gove has and must use it to bring back humanity to our system of justice [Jerry Hayes’ Blog]
Michael Gove, David Cameron’s new Justice Secretary, called for the return of hanging in 1998 [The Independent]
‘Free Chambers’? Disgruntled lawyer edits Wikipedia page of new Justice Secretary Michael Gove [Legal Cheek]
Conservatives to push forward on manifesto and scrap Human Rights Act [The Guardian]
Amal Clooney to accuse Ted Heath of authorising torture in Northern Ireland [The Independent]
Law student to appear on Big Brother [BBC Newsbeat]
Flexible, bespoke training contracts starting this year [Legal Cheek Jobs]
The “PR Team for Michael Gove” introduces itself [Legal Cheek Comments]