Lawyers brighten up north London
Law Society Art Group's annual show of members’ work returns to Lauderdale House, Highgate.
Gallery: Lawyers who ran the London Marathon 2025
Did you take part in Sunday's race? Send in your snaps!
Memory lane
Rising number of practitioners, single civil court fears, the need for a family court and extradition and the Stonehouse case: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Going the extra nautical mile to fulfil a dying wish
Adventurous seafaring lawyer's enduring wish was that his beloved yacht should not end up at the back of a boatyard.
RCJ hydrates hacks at last
Royal Courts of Justice press room has a makeover that means journalists don't need to rinse out their mugs in the toilet sinks.
A (vice) presidential run
When Mark Evans ascends from Law Society VP to president later this year, could he be the society’s fastest president yet?
Countdown to legal walk jamboree
It is almost time for the biggest legal fundraising event of the year, which takes place on 17 June.
Supreme search begins
UK's highest court is looking to fill two places on its bench.
Writing wrongs: top scribe tips
Once I became editor of a legal magazine I quickly learned some lessons about writing. Here are a few thoughts about submissions.
Father for justice
Law Society’s most familiar face, Buildings Project Officer Richard Hopkins, retires after 37 years’ service.
Supping with the Soviets
Solicitor Paul Melling is hanging up his samovar.
Sailing solicitors go back to school
Law Society Yacht Club casts off for a busy 2025 season.
School's out for Gina
We must bid adieu to the True and Fair party, the political vehicle founded by Gina Miller.
Slapping down misleading postie payout headline
Law firm's head of marketing calls out Telegraph headline on LinkedIn.
Wagatha Christie goes to extra time
The latest reminder that endings are never as clear-cut as we are led to believe from fairytales is Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney.
Radical surgery for access to justice
David Heath was unknown to Obiter ahead of Tuesday’s launch of the Legal Services Consumer Panel report on access to justice.
Documents, glorious documents
Court of Appeal takes a further welcome step towards open justice - most of the time
Diversity and exclusion
These are unfortunate times for so-called Big Law firms as they balance their rock-solid commitment to diversity and inclusion with the Donald Trump size 12s pressing heavily on their necks.
Exceptions to the cab rank rule
In 25 years of practice, I never met a clerk who, if he or his master did not want a case, could not evade it.
It ends as it began
Richard Nelson, who applied for a trainee position after seeing an advert in the Gazette, retires after 42 years with the same firm.
