Memory lane 15 July 2019
A stroll down Gazette memory lane.
School’s nearly out for Gauke
Obiter is enjoying the Lord Chancellor’s end-of-term demeanour.
Bar gets hacked-off
The bar is not known for its humility, a characteristic on show at the Bar Council’s anniversary knees-up last week.
At the sharp end
Solicitor recalls client’s request to have an ’Excalibur sword’ brought to court.
Profession captures climate change through power of photography
Lawyers and law students submitted entries in the first Global Law Photography competition.
Get ready for another lord chancellor
David Gauke says he’ll jump before he’s pushed if Boris Johnson becomes prime minister.
Arsenic and an old case
As a recent fraud case proved, expert witnesses can cause great trouble.
Korea ending
When Lancashire solicitor James Robbins missed out on the London Marathon, he tackled one further afield.
Mind the gap
One City firm’s terrace had been unwittingly designed for men.
Factory reset
Obiter spent time at a self-styled ‘iconic’ and ‘future-proof’ office in Shoreditch.
Law graduate enters Love Island villa
Lavena Back joins a model, an eyelash technician, a scientist and a surfer in the show's summer line up.
Memory lane 1 July 2019
A stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Short Sharp shock
Obiter learned an explosive fact about Dame Victoria Sharp DBE.
What a performance
Rolls Building regular Gareth Corfield called out the Secret Barrister for ’performative othering’ of reporters on Twitter.
Fifth Birthday? Have a beer
Bhayani HR & Employment Law celebrated the occasion with the help of a Sheffield brewery.
Tweet of the week
Casual Fridays? Not for the Lord Chancellor…
Law Rocks! turns 10
Are they really lawyers? Yes.
‘Self-satisfied magic circle trainee’ - lawyers turn on would-be PM Raab
Fellow lawyers do not seem to be rallying to the solicitor’s cause.
Levy breaks for abducted child
In 1857 Goodman Levy’s 14-year-old daughter Rosie was abducted by Joseph Erlam, a captain in the Queen’s Own Light Infantry.
Leveson’s skimpy briefs
Last week the president of the Queen’s Bench Division reflected on his time as a junior barrister.
