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News10,000 reasons to walk in the park
Alas, the London Legal Walk, the biggest meet-up of the legal year, was an early casualty of the pandemic.
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How do you plead – interesting or boring?
A judge's blunt observational style is under scrutiny in Australia.
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Beacon of gratitude in Chancery Lane
Law Society headquarters turns blue for the NHS on Thursdays.
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Out of Africa and back for a coup
I arrived on an overnight plane to observe trials in a country where a coup had been thwarted.
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Fury’s ringside seat at new office
Lancashire firm Alexander Grace Law marks opening of new office with message from world heavyweight champion.
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A strong signal of the problems with remote hearings
Virtual hearing of the justice committee gains first-hand experience of gremlins.
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Virtual tribunal lives up to reality
Lots of fingers were crossed last week when the disciplinary case against Baker McKenzie resumed in a virtual courtroom after a four-month adjournment.
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Fitness to practise
A virtual fitness challenge to raise money for charities affected by Covid-19 has raised a blood-pumping question: which lawyers are fitter – those in-house or in private practice?
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Art of the matter
As we hit week seven of lockdown, art lovers are running out of options for feeding their addiction.
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Bar’s jimmer in the box seat
Jimmering – to get a free or better seat than that paid for – seems to have begun in the 1930s.
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Taking isolation on the chin
Several staff members at Slater and Gordon have participated in an ‘isolation beards’ group.
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Supreme Court ceremony is intimate - but distant
Lord Justice Leggatt was sworn in personally by the president, but behind closed doors.
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Is there anybody there?
Another day, another Zoom meeting. But this time it was a case management hearing involving Baker McKenzie and the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal to decide whether a part-heard case should continue remotely.
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It’s only rock ‘n’ roll but I like it…
It takes more than a global health emergency to silence the legal profession’s wannabe rock stars.
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Burning questions
ITV’s three-part drama Quiz, based on the cheating scandal that rocked popular Saturday night game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? nearly two decades ago, aired last week and received rave reviews. Its portrayal of lawyers? Not so much.
