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NewsOf alibis and advocacy
I don’t think I ever encountered a professional alibi witness, but I certainly knew a man who was a professional mitigator.
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News44 and out for Darryl
Litigation executive Darryl Barnes retires 44 years after first stepping through the doors at Leamington Spa firm Blythe, Owen George & Co.
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NewsThe friendly kind of lively
Obiter was intrigued to read the minutes for last month’s SRA board meeting.
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NewsA glorious run comes to an end
Final episode of US sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm plays out in a courtroom.
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NewsMemory lane
Courts fees increase, the race to the bar and illegitimate persons: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsDawn of ‘deathtech’
MyGoodbyes is an app to lead us through a conversation many of us never get around to having.
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NewsWhere ‘legal Eagles’ dare
Hats off to Deputy Master Linwood for working a classic 1970s rock lyric into a judgment.
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NewsMaking an exhibit of ourselves
Obiter’s little aside on a case features as an exhibit in the skeleton of another case.
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NewsIrish eyes smiling on new expat group
Association of Irish Lawyers in England (AILIE) aims to connect Irish people throughout England.
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NewsBlack mark of hasty legislation
The Black Act 1723 was bad, certainly as far as the rural working classes were concerned.
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NewsJudicial history lesson
Historical reverie of two upper tribunal judges makes one positively hanker to move to the storied locale they describe so charmingly.
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NewsPLAG shoots from the HIP
Tension simmers in residential property sector over best way to speed up home buying and selling process.
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NewsMen’s club hubbub
The gentlemen of the Garrick doubtless rang for another large malt as the identities of current members were revealed.
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Memory lane
Clementi kicks off regulatory overhaul and Russia embraces jury trial system: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsFrozen out at the RCJ
Obiter has long suspected that the road to hell leads through an overspill court.
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NewsCymraeg milestone
For the first time in history, the swearing-in ceremony of a circuit judge has taken place in Wales.
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NewsGarage rocks
Department head at Ison Harrison Solicitors on the firm's employee-owned structure.
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NewsJudge puts guffawing counsel firmly in his place
Barristers are generally adept at remaining statuesque while their opponents put forward their case, though it was not unheard of for an eye-roll or two to creep in during remote hearings in lockdown. But a judgment emerging from Ontario, Canada, suggests that not every advocate has quite managed the poker ...
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NewsFrom handwritten law report to AI
Exhibition at Middle Temple Library illustrates the evolution of the law report.