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Morning round-up: Wednesday 11 December

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Three murderers were sentenced to life imprisonment on one day. The minimum terms set were 18, 27 and 40 years. Why were they so different? [BBC News]

Stan Collymore contacts police after again suffering racist abuse on Twitter [Mail Online]

UK bribery trial collapses in blow to anti-fraud agency [Reuters]

Law firm’s former client jailed for threatening to trash their offices [Belfast Telegraph]

British suspect extradited to US after eight-year legal battle admits supporting terrorists [The Mirror]

The death knell of the LPC [Nigel Hudgson]

Accountants get green light to enter legal sector [Legal Futures]

“Are women equal but different?” [Law Society Gazette]

Time conversion chart: lawyers to law students [Bitter Lawyer]

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