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NewsPeri funny officer
Police forces are attempting their own gags when sending out press releases on matters that hardly call for humour.
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NewsRumour mill led to murder charge
75 years before solicitors Harold Greenwood and Major Armstrong were accused of murder, Edmond Edmonds was charged with the murder of his wife.
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NewsCEO brushing away cobwebs at the Cube
New broom wielded by SRA chief executive is sweeping in some impressive-sounding new hires.
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NewsTruth and consequences
The Royal Courts of Justice was packed for this week’s consequentials hearing following the demolition of the claim against the Daily Mail’s publisher.
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NewsMemory lane
Truss takes the mantle, ministers under fire over ABSs, and PI lawyers attack Woolf reforms: a trip down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsMastercard’s money for nothing
As historic collective action approaches its 10th anniversary, the prospect of handing out compensation starts to look real.
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NewsNot enough cooks?
LSB announces recruitment drive to fill three roles: director of regulatory oversight, head of performance and oversight, and head of policy for development and delivery.
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NewsLooking the part
Judicial outfitter Ede & Ravenscroft will have to get its skates on ahead of latest lord chancellor's swearing-in.
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NewsEllis paved the way to abolition
The conditional pardon granted to Ruth Ellis, hanged 71 years ago, was probably the best her supporters could have hoped for.
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NewsLove too dear for Lammy
Lord chancellor chooses last day of parliamentary term to unveil reforms to ‘archaic’ rules governing weddings.
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Memory lane
Red tape bonfire, WTO push, Labour reforms, simplified land registration and the right to write: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsRovers returned
Corrie has done wonders for public legal education thanks in large part to Weatherfield’s resident duty solicitor.
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NewsMushroom minefield
AI chatbot advises that mushroom variety called ‘destroying angel’ is good to eat.
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NewsRef is fair game
European Court of Human Rights steps into global furore surrounding officiating of association football.
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NewsAttorney general goes back to school with rule of law lessons
No, it isn’t a career change for Richard Hermer KC - yet.
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NewsSerious blow to my ego
A strength of the English and Welsh bar has always been that it has both prosecuted and defended – and been peripatetic. My life as a CPS agent was comfortable but, from a justice perspective, too static and cosy. I became the bench’s ‘our Mr Morton’. James ...