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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.
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NewsBattle of the brands
The propaganda war over the collective action regime can be a little hard to follow.
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NewsTransparency champion LSB forgets to open its own files
There is no mention of last month's board meeting on PM Law anywhere on the oversight regulator's page.
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NewsKC Day questions
Why bother with a process predisposed to ignore applications from outside the bar?
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NewsWhereabouts of 'expert' irks judge
Reports of a solicitor being struck off for telling a judge he was in London rather than Germany reminds me of a case I had at Lewes Crown Court.
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