The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
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]