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Morning Round-Up: Friday 18 January

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A lawyer’s amazingly detailed analysis of Bilbo’s contract in The Hobbit [Wired]

Former Leeds University law student to defend Bo Xilai in court [The Telegraph]

Girlfriend of Reddit co-founder who hanged himself says US legal system mercilessly hounded him to his death [Mail Online]

War on judicial review (sort of) [UK Human Rights Blog]

Circuits call heads of chambers meetings to consider QASA boycott [Legal Futures]

Kate Winslet’s husband Ned RocknRoll is not a public figure, says judge [The Independent]

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