All Obiter articles
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NewsEmail is just phoning it in
A generational divide appears over the willingness to get on the ‘dog ’n bone’.
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NewsBook ’em, Danno!
Witness statements in the marathon phone-hacking action brought by Prince Harry and others have piqued Obiter’s interest.
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NewsIn the wrong ’uns lane
Our favourite among Leveson’s criminal courts review recommendations? Allowing prison vans to use bus lanes so defendants can get to court on time.
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NewsMemory lane
Bitcoin technology, foreign lawyer admissions and satire at the bar: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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News'You were lucky!'
Topic of City solicitors’ chargeable hours kicks off a debate in the pages of The Times.
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NewsDear Deirdre drops in
Agony aunt Deirdre Sanders kicks off Family Mediation Week with an online webinar for separating and divorced parents.
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NewsWhat a carve up
Courts minister Sarah Sackman MP donned the traditional hard hat and Hi-Vis vest this week for a visit to Legal London’s most impressive building site.
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News'Don’t laugh, he’s better than you'
I heard some great (and lesser) solicitor advocates in magistrates’ courts.
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NewsMBE for legal aid royalty
The Solicitors’ Charity trustee Audrey Ludwig collects her MBE from Princess Anne at Windsor Castle.
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News'Hotshot' hair and the spare
Press photographers camped outside the side entrance to the Royal Courts of Justice this week, to catch a glimpse of Prince Harry.
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NewsExhibition showcases frontline lawyers
'On the Front Line for Justice', in the Law Society library, is open until 20 March.
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NewsBrooklyn Beckham bombshell takes a legal turn
Have David and Victoria instructed solicitors over their estranged son? Er, no.
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NewsMessing about in boats
January is a time for sailors to check if their oilskins still fit them ahead of a busy 2026 season for the Law Society Yacht Club.
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NewsOut with the old
Hardly a mystery worthy of Endeavour Morse, but a minor dispute has emerged over which law firm can lay claim to being the oldest in Oxfordshire.
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NewsWho’s better, who’s best
Hoary debate about the relative status of solicitors and barristers – and whether there is a hierarchy – reared up again this week.
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NewsPut your trust in juries – not Lammy
Abolishing juries will result in another crack in the social fabric.