Disaplinary breach
The SDT needs to have a word with its sign-writer.
Memory lane
Heralding the ‘Wi-Fi era’, a supreme vision for a new court, and a solicitor in the Grand National: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Echoes of Escobar and a morality tale
Brother of late (alleged) Colombian drug lord brings trade mark appeal.
Shorthand trumps tech
No matter how smart the tech is, sometimes it simply does not work.
'Bitcoin identity' trial Rolls on
A brief encore to Mr Justice Mellor’s triumphant performance in COPA v Wright.
Of alibis and advocacy
I don’t think I ever encountered a professional alibi witness, but I certainly knew a man who was a professional mitigator.
44 and out for Darryl
Litigation executive Darryl Barnes retires 44 years after first stepping through the doors at Leamington Spa firm Blythe, Owen George & Co.
The friendly kind of lively
Obiter was intrigued to read the minutes for last month’s SRA board meeting.
A glorious run comes to an end
Final episode of US sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm plays out in a courtroom.
Memory lane
Courts fees increase, the race to the bar and illegitimate persons: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Dawn of ‘deathtech’
MyGoodbyes is an app to lead us through a conversation many of us never get around to having.
Where ‘legal Eagles’ dare
Hats off to Deputy Master Linwood for working a classic 1970s rock lyric into a judgment.
Making an exhibit of ourselves
Obiter’s little aside on a case features as an exhibit in the skeleton of another case.
Irish eyes smiling on new expat group
Association of Irish Lawyers in England (AILIE) aims to connect Irish people throughout England.
Black mark of hasty legislation
The Black Act 1723 was bad, certainly as far as the rural working classes were concerned.
Judicial history lesson
Historical reverie of two upper tribunal judges makes one positively hanker to move to the storied locale they describe so charmingly.
PLAG shoots from the HIP
Tension simmers in residential property sector over best way to speed up home buying and selling process.
Men’s club hubbub
The gentlemen of the Garrick doubtless rang for another large malt as the identities of current members were revealed.
Memory lane
Clementi kicks off regulatory overhaul and Russia embraces jury trial system: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Frozen out at the RCJ
Obiter has long suspected that the road to hell leads through an overspill court.