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• Niche commercial law firm Greenaway Scott named as one of the UK's best start ... - WalesOnline

  17-05-2015 18:38
  
  WalesOnline
  Niche commercial law firm Greenaway Scott named as one of the UK's best start ...
  WalesOnline
  Launched in January 2013 by experienced commercial lawyer Nigel Greenaway, Greenaway Scott is tailored towards fast-growth life science and technology companies, which are either acquisitive or looking to raise funds.
  
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• Rare book experts join forces to stop tome raiders

  17-05-2015 15:07
  
  British Library conference highlights rise in thefts from heritage libraries around the world, with tens of thousands of manuscripts missing Thefts of rare books, maps and manuscripts from national libraries have sparked such alarm that international experts are joining forces to stop any further vandalism to the world’s cultural heritage.Lawyers and librarians, booksellers and auctioneers will descend on the British Library next month for a major conference whose title – The Written Heritag
  
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• Keir Starmer rules himself out of Labour leadership contest

  17-05-2015 13:15
  
  Former DPP says he lacks the political experience to stand for leader after supporters launched a social media campaign on his behalf Keir Starmer, the former director of public prosecutions who was recently elected a Labour MP, appeared to rule himself out as a candidate for the party leadership on Sunday, disappointing campaigners who have sought to persuade him to stand.Starmer, who was elected as MP for Holborn and St Pancras on 7 May, had been the subject of an online campaign to stand laun
  
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• Birmingham law firm is first in UK to float on stock exchange - Birmingham Post

  17-05-2015 07:04
  
  Birmingham Post
  Birmingham law firm is first in UK to float on stock exchange
  Birmingham Post
  Gateley, which is headquartered in Edmund Street, has confirmed it will float on the London Stock Exchange in a bid to “expand and diversify” its business. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; LinkedIn. Michael Ward, Gateley. Michael Ward, chief executive of ...
  
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• UN voices concern about over-representation of Maori in prisons

  17-05-2015 02:21
  
  Committee against Torture makes 13 recommendations to improve human rights in New Zealand, including use of solitary confinementSUBS: Graham’ll grab this once he’s scanned wires The UN Committee against Torture is making 13 recommendations to improve human rights in New Zealand. Continue reading...
  
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• Inside the secret court that helps victims of drug abuse keep their families together

  17-05-2015 01:05
  
  Seven years ago, the Family Drug and Alcohol Court began in London: now it is being extended to England and WalesIt is a Monday morning in an anonymous room in a grey building in central London. But Jenny Smith is smiling broadly as she poses for photographs with a graduation certificate in her hand.She looks like a million dollars and she has come a very long way. Sixteen months ago she was addicted to class-A drugs, an alcoholic with a history of attempted suicides, a victim of domestic violen
  
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