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NewsAbsolutely fur-bulous
London Legal Support Trust invites lawyers to sign up for the ‘fluffiest’ fundraiser in the legal calendar: the London Legal Walkies.
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NewsUpholding the lawn
Not since Vardy v Rooney has Obiter seen mainstream media get so excited about a High Court battle than it did with Lauryn Goodman v Kyle Walker.
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NewsConsultancy curb is bang on the money
Chancellor Rachel Reeves calls for an immediate halt to ‘non-essential’ expenditure on external consultants. Could there be something in it for access to justice?
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NewsJudge goes with the flow on river oath
Garden Court barrister tells court that nature is his god.
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NewsYou’ve got the Powar
Obiter is accustomed to taking a jaundiced view of all matters legal, so it is uplifting to bring you a feel-good item for a change.
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NewsA tale of canine court officers
Research papers are beginning to appear discussing whether dogs in court are an influence on juries.
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NewsDoing the heavy lifting at Talbots
Legal assistant Lily Smalley prepares to travel to the Commonwealth Powerlifting Championship later this year.
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NewsDon’t talk politics, minister
Not everyone seems to have been thrilled with the new lord chancellor's speech.
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NewsSmall Heath girl’s big day
Commencement of a new lord chancellor’s tenure is all rather uplifting.
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NewsLatest meows: time to appoint courthouse moggies
Mice are not a surprise but the norm in some courts.
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NewsMemory lane
Starmer stands as Labour candidate, legal aid is slashed and London WI experiences a postal crisis: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsSomething of the night lawyer
McNae’s Essential Law for Journalists weighs in at an impressive 601 pages.
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NewsSmash but no grab at top wigmaker
Staff at Legal London’s venerable outfitter arrived to find one of the shop windows smashed through.
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NewsFuller figure in conveyancing
Solicitor Roy Fuller was a genial and unbelievably patient man who looked like the archetype of a British flying officer in a war film.
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NewsIt’s that man again
Obiter assumed that when legal IT guru professor Richard Susskind stepped down from his role advising the LCJ it was in order to take things easy.
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NewsNew lawyer MPs: we crunch the numbers
Some 485,613 voters cast their ballot for one of the 27 lawyers who now enter the Commons.
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NewsSinking a pint with Titanic
One former law office has been converted into a resplendent – and now award-winning – bar.