The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Andy Coulson cleared of perjury as trial collapses [The Telegraph]
Coulson faces hefty legal costs despite acquittal [The Guardian]
Why the truth didn’t matter in the Andy Coulson trial [BBC News]
Emergency surveillance law faces legal challenge by MPs [BBC News]
US woman pursues ex-boyfriend in landmark UK revenge-porn action [The Guardian]
High growth in City as skilled jobs stay in London [Law Society Gazette]
“Modern life can be complicated” says judge in family case involving a gay sperm donor, two lesbian mothers, a female-to-male transsexual lover now living with a man [Mail Online]
Alton Towers rollercoaster crash: Smiler compensation “could hit £1 million” [The Mirror]
Human Rights weren’t invented in 1998 [Guido Fawkes]
Law GIF [Facebook]
Accutrainee: Flexible, bespoke, training contracts starting this year [Legal Cheek Jobs]
“Not Instagrammed: the mountains of due diligence and doc review most of these junior lawyers are subject too. No filter can do that justice!” [Legal Cheek Comments]