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Morning round-up: Tuesday 21 January

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Gran punched solicitor at club after being branded a “gyppo” [This is Lancashire]

Lord Rennard row: Harassment claim woman hints at legal action [BBC News]

Why are so many novelists former lawyers? [Lit-Bits]

Lots more people are representing themselves in the family courts [Pink Tape]

Criminal lawyers consider further protest action [Law Society Gazette]

Constance Briscoe trial: Chris Huhne’s “sexuality blamed for marriage split” [BBC News]

Would you feel differently about Snowden, Greenwald, and Assange if you knew what they really thought? [New Statesman]

Herbert Smith Freehills retention climbs to 90 per cent [The Lawyer]

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