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Pop star wins legal battle with Topshop over T-shirts featuring her image
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Law Society vice-president Jonathan Smithers (centre) joined City law firm Olswang and Blackstone Chambers to meet students at a London school
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Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi lined up for the first Global Law Summit
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The Law Society is to host a three-day visit of Malaysian lawyers to London on 24-26 November
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China’s judicial pledge
Communist Party pledges to take action against officials who interfere with judicial processes
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