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- LAW FIRM NEWS: Peters & Peters leads £90m NHS claim over Gaviscon price-fixing | The Lawyer http://t.co/RxuBwK8Gin
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- US government requests Bradley Manning be sentenced to 60 years http://t.co/36iQ1Lyrrg
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- JAMAICA: Legal aid for children said uncontrollable http://t.co/1O8vS3B4MB
- CANADA: Bar Association urges federal government to boost legal aid funding http://t.co/JmydpOo7zP
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- AUSTRALIA: Delay in Qld sex offender's freedom bid http://t.co/T4QYuLa2Uu
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- Scotland split down the middle on ‘sep rep’ in conveyancing | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/92H07DJWUd
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