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Morning round-up: Monday 16 December

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Right-to-die challenge reaches Supreme Court [BBC News]

Live from 10am: the right-to-die Supreme Court hearing [Sky News]

Solicitor jailed after stealing £2m from his clients and their families [The Telegraph]

Judge describes his sentencing powers as “ludicrously inadequate” as he jails hit and run driver for 34 months [Mail Online]

Law Society SGM: battle lines drawn as at least 600 solicitors head to Chancery Lane [Legal Futures]

The law firm mergers of 2013 [The Lawyer]

The barrister Lord Grabiner to become new master of Clare College [The Cambridge Student]

“I consider law school a waste of my life and an extraordinary waste of money” [Business Insider]

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