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Morning round-up: Friday 27 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
Want to smoke pot on probation? You'll need LA's dopest attorney.
Hashtag hilarity: #FakeWongaLawFirms
Following Wonga's creation of fake law firms Chainey, D'Amato & Shannon and Barker & Lowe, Twitter users have been having some fun with the #FakeWongaLawFirms hashtag. Here are a selection.
The Bar Council accidentally sacks all of its staff
Mail-merge problems during restructuring consultation cause chaos.
Wannabe solicitor with murder conviction is allowed to do the LPC
High Court clears way for Selwyn Strachan — who was released from prison in Grenada in 2009 after Amnesty International slammed his "fatally flawed" trial — to become a solicitor.
Morning round-up: Thursday 26 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
*Guffaws*
Wonga fake law firms — where did they get those names?
Parody accounts already alive on Twitter as pay-day lender coughs up millions in compensation
2 Hare Court barrister set to be UK’s telly Judge Judy
Multi-million pound fraud specialist plucked to hear cases of lawn mower failure and duff holidays
Solicitor under fire for calling Alex Salmond an ‘ars*hole’
War of words rages north of the border — and perks up independence debate — following inflammatory tweet