Memory lane
2 December 2013 - Master of the Rolls Lord Dyson has issued a landmark costs ruling which sends a ‘clear message’ that non-compliance with Lord Justice Jackson’s civil costs regime will not be tolerated.
Shuja scoops lifetime achievement award
Lubna Shuja, immediate past president of the Law Society, picked up a lifetime achievement award at the Asian Legal Awards at a glittering ceremony in central London last Saturday.
Attack and defence as MP savages CILEX
Obiter braved freezing temperatures on Tuesday to head to committee room 15 in the Palace of Westminster, where representatives of the Bar Council, Bar Standards Board, CILEX and CILEx Regulation were grilled by the Commons justice select committee on regulation of the legal professions.
Martyn won’t be calling it a Day
Obiter ventured north on the West Coast main line to celebrate the opening of high-profile firm Leigh Day’s human rights department in Manchester.
From shoplifting to much worse?
Not all thieves will move on to worse, but there is sufficient evidence to show that many of them will graduate.
Yule’s out
LawWorks (the Solicitors Pro Bono Group) invites you to its annual Christmas carol concert ‘Carols for Pro Bono’.
SRA conference call
Local government lawyers may struggle to attend the regulator's next in-house conference.
Pod willing
Almost everybody these days has a podcast. But there is always room for one more.
Isn’t it Ironic?
Contested application for an eight-month adjournment is listed. For 10 months’ time.
Memory lane
'Failure to embrace' flexible work, a cull on crime firms and dealing with shoplifters: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
A bluffer’s guide to AI chat (GPT)
Obiter’s tips for becoming an instant artificial intelligence guru.
Lady chief justice prematurely put out to grass
Dame Sue Carr tells of being ordered to return all her departmental IT kit.
Hidden in plain sight
What connects Samuel Pepys’ diary, cosmetics and an elderly lady hiding her pearls?
Window dressing
Ministry of Justice’s headquarters in Petty France, London, gains some new decorations.
Hollywood court drama takes the stage
Gwyneth Goes Skiing opens next month at the Pleasance theatre, in north London.
Dinner parties to remember
Morton recalls visiting Michael Beckman QC's home for dinner.
Judge’s froideur turns up the heat
Her Honour Judge Deborah Taylor recalls action she took to get heating and air con fixed at Southwark Crown Court.
Counsel get into the weeds
While knotweed itself is no joke, the opening day of Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil – the Japanese knotweed ADR case - had moments of humour.
Trainee solicitor is game for job of two halves
Trainee Aaron Ford is now qualified to referee Women’s Championship matches and run the line in Women’s Super League games.
Memory lane
A makeover at the RCJ, referrals of the future and fusion in Australia: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
