Morning round-up: Friday 3 July

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By Alex Aldridge on

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

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“Divorce lawyer seduced wife of millionaire during £500k court battle” [The Telegraph]

Labour and SNP attack government’s “English votes for English laws” plan [The Guardian]

Greece should vote for the rule of law [Financial Times]

Mother asks judge to choose whether her baby son should live or die [The Telegraph]

Four men convicted of murdering a woman they thought burned a Qur’an have death penalties reversed [BuzzFeed]

Man drinks 10 beers, tells boss to ‘f*ck off’, wins claim for unfair dismissal [i100]

A profile of Gawker’s in-house lawyer [Above the Law]

Reform of EU trade mark law – where are we now? [WIPIT Blog]

Law GIF [Facebook]

Property litigation paralegal at International firm [Legal Cheek Jobs]

“Try being a paralegal in Manchester. The pay is absolutely toss…” [Legal Cheek Comments]