10,000 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.
Memory lane 18 May 2020
A stroll down Gazette memory lane.
How do you plead – interesting or boring?
A judge's blunt observational style is under scrutiny in Australia.
Beacon of gratitude in Chancery Lane
Law Society headquarters turns blue for the NHS on Thursdays.
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.
Fury’s ringside seat at new office
Lancashire firm Alexander Grace Law marks opening of new office with message from world heavyweight champion.
Family ties beyond lockdown
Another member of the Law Society Art Group shares their work.
A strong signal of the problems with remote hearings
Virtual hearing of the justice committee gains first-hand experience of gremlins.
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.
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?
Art of the matter
As we hit week seven of lockdown, art lovers are running out of options for feeding their addiction.
Memory lane 4 May 2020
A stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Ice queen
Chair of the CBA has a more intriguing video meeting backdrop than most.
Taking isolation on the chin
Several staff members at Slater and Gordon have participated in an ‘isolation beards’ group.
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.
Supreme Court ceremony is intimate - but distant
Lord Justice Leggatt was sworn in personally by the president, but behind closed doors.
Memory lane 20 April 2020
A stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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.
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.
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.
