The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Legal case for Syria airstrikes bolstered by Paris terror attacks [The Guardian]
Human rights judges uphold France’s decision to sack Muslim woman who did not remove her headscarf [Huffington Post]
London law graduate who posed next to a pile of severed head “trophies” and appeared in jihadi propaganda video is among two British Al-Qaeda fighters killed in Syria [Mail Online]
Cyclist sues dog owner for £65k after lead gets caught in wheels [The Sun]
A case taken by ex-soldiers who face questioning over Bloody Sunday has been called “one of the most extraordinary in the annals of common law” [BBC News]
Supreme Court judge could rule a “cuckoo in the nest” topples ancient lineage [The Telegraph]
KPMG tax evasion probe widens as legal firms are questioned [The Irish News]
Iain Duncan Smith suffers court defeat on benefits cap [The Mirror]
Italian women have two-month jail terms for kissing in public overturned in Dubai after court hears one of them was licking some mayonnaise off her friend’s face [Mail Online]
Northern Ireland barrister Anita wins Miss Bikini title [Belfast Telegraph]
Cleaner jailed for dealing heroin inside court building where she worked [Daily Record]
Rangers win court case over former chief executive’s legal fees [BBC News]
Had enough of innovation? Just be curious [LexisNexis Future of Law Blog]
City outfit Herbert Smith Freehills are now accepting applications for their spring vacation scheme [Legal Cheek Hub]
“I’m actually typing this right now on my phone which is technically banned and I have to be locked in the toilet cubicle to get this brief message out.” [Legal Cheek Comments]