Name games

At last, a month of waiting is over.

Manchester Law Society president Araba Obodai, has finally revealed the identity of the district judge who came...At last, a month of waiting is over.

Manchester Law Society president Araba Obodai, has finally revealed the identity of the district judge who came up with her favourite nickname, and it only took a bottle of champagne to lure the wag out of hiding.

Despite a wild-card, last-ditch attempt to steal the prize by Michael Clavell-Bate, Manchester Law Society vice-president, with the revelation that his own pet-name for the president was Arachnophobia, the bottle of Bolly went to district judge Colin Beattie, who admitted his nickname for Ms Obodai is Obladi Oblada (life goes on ...)