Morning round-up: Tuesday 7 July

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By Thomas Connelly on

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

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Legal aid lawyers aren’t on £200 an hour — £50-£70 an hour is more like it [Full Fact]

Is Grexit legal? EU lawyers try to make it so [Financial Times]

Greek crisis hits international firms [Law Society Gazette]

Council loses nine-month legal battle with man who accidentally dropped a piece of orange peel [The Telegraph]

Law student, 18, killed in quad bike crash on holiday after trying to stand on seat [Evening Standard]

Meanwhile in a strike-breaking bunker [Twitter]

For summer law interns, the livin’ is easy [Wall Street Journal]

Who owns your steps? [BuzzFeed News]

Change the law to protect police officers who shoot people, say UK’s highest ranking cop [The Independent]

Law GIF [Facebook]

Private client paralegal required at prestigious Hampshire based firm [Legal Cheek Jobs]

“[Insert jumping to conclusion comment here]” [Legal Cheek Comments]