The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Jailed barrister Constance Briscoe loses appeal over conviction [The Guardian]
Legal Aid boycott “causing chaos” [BBC News]
Michael Gove and the Lawyers’ Revolt [Jack of Kent blog]
Plymouth woman avoids inconvenient court case thanks to ongoing solicitor “strike” [The Herald]
Who cares about the Tube strike when you can walk? [Instagram]
Sterling strength puts dent in annual results for law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer [City A.M.]
Gary was a fraudster. Now he’s a barrister with a TV show [The Telegraph]
Groundbreaking new Tennessee law makes it legal for Good Samaritans to break into hot cars and rescue dogs trapped inside [Mail Online]
“Significant” new evidence supplied by UK as British backpackers murder trial begins [The Telegraph]
Real estate paralegal sought by leading US law firm with a view to offering a training contract [Legal Cheek Jobs]
BPTC resit problems? “He should join the Garrick, we’d sort him out wouldn’t we Socrates?” [Legal Cheek Comments]