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Morning Round-Up: Thursday 27 September

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Shot burglars told by Judge Michael Pert QC ‘that’s the chance you take’ [The Sun]

When a chief justice came close to failing a psychiatric evaluation [The Times (£)]

Decision by Old Bailey leaves phone-hacking defendants in limbo until September 2013 [The Independent]

Mortgage scam solicitor who cashed in on rising property values near the Olympic stadium jailed [Newham Recorder]

A profile of John Kelsey-Fry and the other lawyers who will be taking part in the trial of former News of the World staff [The Guardian]

‘Don’t forget to tweet the Chairman of the Bar today 15:00 – 15:30: send Michael Todd QC questions via #tweetthechairman’ [Zoe Saunders via Twitter]

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