The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Afghan asylum seekers saved from forcible deportation after last-ditch legal battle [The Independent]
All four Labour leadership candidates rule out legal fight [The Mirror]
Law firms’ gruelling hours are turning defectors into competitors [Harvard Business Review]
Italy struggles to pass gay rights law for same-sex couples [Financial Times]
Disabled paedophile has his case heard outside in legal first [Mail Online]
Police continue to quiz woman after lawyer’s death [Lancashire Evening Post]
Mum of Durham law student Euan Coulthard who drowned signs petition to reinstate safety measures [Chronicle Live]
Too many law students, too few legal jobs [The New York Times]
International firm with a City focus seeks property litigation paralegal [Legal Cheek Hub]
“It’s a shame because the career service is genuinely excellent and many students (myself included) started the LPC at Kaplan without a TC and left with one.” [Legal Cheek Comments]