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NewsFootball soap opera means legal work never dries up
The evolution of football from sporting contest to melodrama continues apace, to the extent that the actual 90 minutes of action increasingly seems like an unwelcome distraction from the off-field theatre. Take this week’s Championship play-off semi-final between Southampton and Middlesbrough. It culminated in a narrow win for the Saints, ...
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NewsSee you later, litigator
Global phenomenon Law Rocks! is just one highlight of this year’s London International Disputes Week.
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NewsTextbook example of penny-pinching
The latest squeeze on judicial expenses: the allowance for textbooks.
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NewsGreat Leap forward
Law Society Art Group’s annual exhibition of members’ work kicks off ‘The Season’.
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NewsMemory lane
PI reforms battle, Dibbs' steps to incorporate and a leap into the light for conveyancing: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsDevil’s advocates who took on the strikers
A century ago last week, Chancery Lane witnessed ‘a number of young men’ emerging from the headquarters of the ‘Devil’s Own’ Territorial regiment, bearing truncheons.
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NewsOnly 1 Old Bailey
While MPs clash over the plans to restrict jury trials during the public bill committee stage, they agree on one thing: there is only one ‘Central Criminal Court’.
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NewsGoalscorer's art
Art Not Evidence, which has been campaigning to restrict the use of creative expression as evidence in criminal trials, takes part in an important football tournament.
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NewsBaronesses love-in takes a turn as Hale talks jury reform
Obiter was in the audience for the JUSTICE North event in Liverpool on Thursday, which culminated in a fireside (minus the fire) chat in the resplendent town hall between Baronesses Hale and Chakrabarti. We expected the interview would consist of a few pleasantries, plenty of mutual admiration and the odd ...
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NewsWhat Not to Wear? Court bars bikinis and Batman costumes
New HMCTS guidance released on dressing appropriately in court.
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Memory lane
Co-op Group move into legal services, an education shake-up, and a legal electronic network: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsExpect a junior minister to take the (white) heat
HMCTS will test the ability of its home-grown AI software to generate transcripts of Crown court proceedings.
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NewsEmpty seats in the Commons
Just four MPs bothered to show up to interrogate leaders of the LSB and SRA – and one left halfway through.
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NewsPR powerhouses toast bright future
Two of the more venerable names in the legal public relations industry have merged.
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Memory lane
Land Registry for sale, personal injuries litigation, and Telex installation at Chancery Lane: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.