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Starting in Brighton this week, the Chair of the Bar Andrew Langdon QC and Chair-Elect Andrew Walker QC are attending the Labour and Conservative Party conferences.
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Defying death threats in the name of justice - Iranian lawyer, former Judge & Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr Shirin Ebadi, will give the 11th Bar Council International Rule of Law Lecturer on 9 November in Middle Temple Hall
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