The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Solicitor under investigation after advising police officers to alter statements on stop-and-search death [The Independent]
Solicitors vent anger over legal aid chief’s £225k package [Law Society Gazette]
Lego blocks legal bid to remove trademark protection for its mini-figures [The Guardian]
The life of a criminal barrister [Twitter]
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British toddler, 3, is made ward of court to protect her from being forced to have genital mutilation by her family [Mail Online]
Europe court rules Lego figures are ‘protected shape’ [BBC News]
Swearing on Whatsapp ‘will result in £40,000 fine and deportation, UAE rules’ [The Independent]
Law GIF [Facebook]
Commercial property paralegal at leading regional law firm [Legal Cheek Jobs]
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