Lawyers remember the Duke
‘Quick witted, committed, interested but always, always, his own man.’
Lakewell back on Line of Duty - with a tan to die for
Spoiler alert: a legal career has been somewhat curtailed.
Memory lane 12 April 2021
A stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Street life gets ticket to ride
Old Bank of England pub cranes bus in to its outdoor drinking space as it gears up for relaxation in lockdown rules.
‘My kingdom for a JR’: Richard III spooks Faulks
More than 500 years later Richard III still seems to be causing trouble for Her Majesty’s Government.
A bundle of lawyers
What is the collective name for a group of lawyers?
Don't mention the Aprilscherz
VW discovers that lawyers don't necessarily have a sense of humour.
Articles and my room with a view
Not all staff had their own room or even desk at the suburban office where I was to be articled.
Defra’s who’s who
Mystery surrounds Whitehall’s submissions to the Independent Review of Administrative Law.
De mortuis nihil nisi bonum
Once upon a time, an obituary of a High Court judge in The Times would have been an exercise in deference.
A Nightingale court fit for the 19th century
Barracks block fails the social distancing test, among others.
Lawyers fact checking again on Line of Duty return
Solicitor was awake, alive and apparently not corrupt. Which is a start.
Memory lane 22 March 2021
A stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Pink string and smokes: articling in the 80s
Readers’ memories of serving articles have now entered a fourth decade, with Melanie Benn’s recollections of joining ‘a very large South Yorkshire firm’ in 1989.
Anyone for post-pandemic rugger and netball?
More great news for athletic types: the Law Society RFC 7s & Netball Tournament is back and with a year’s worth of pent up demand, the organisers are looking forward to another record-breaking year.
Tracksuit bottoms the rig of the day as QC appointment letters arrive by email
New silks promised an in-person ceremony later in the year.
Canadian litigant complains judge didn’t make him a sandwich
‘At a certain point, enough is enough’ - even for the Ontario Court of Appeal.
He used every trick in the book
“Is it too late to have a fire?” asked the solicitor.
Haunted by typewriters
Russell Conway recalls joining Oliver Fisher Solicitors in Notting Hill in 1977.
A solicitor general is not just for Christmas
Lucy Frazer's 77 days as the attorney general's deputy in 2019 isn't a record for brevity.
