Memory lane
'Murder by Lord Lucan', barristers' direct access push and a body on the steps of the Law Society: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Badly executed
Phrase ‘execution of judgments’ has to go, Lord Hermer tells Council of Europe’s summer school in Liverpool.
Fax for the memories
Civil Procedure Rule Committee delivers the coup de grâce for the ‘outdated’ fax machine.
Dashcam evidence sends claim down the toilet
Clyde & Co released details this week about how it had thwarted the £81,000 claim of a driver
'I do not need to be told…’ Leveson’s greatest hits
Criminal courts review has an acoustic quality compared with Sir Brian's earlier works.
Throwing the kitchen sink and missing
Appeal bid lost despite 35 grounds and 150 complaints about judge’s ruling.
Confessions of a conveyancer
James Morton tries conveyancing.
Lord chancellor consigns predecessor to the birdcage
Shabana Mahmood keeps her audience laughing as she addresses her second judges' dinner.
150 years of bragging (Clarkson) Wrights
Orpington-based Clarkson Wright & Jakes, Solicitors and Notaries can trace its roots back to 1875.
Not to be sniffed at
‘Smell detector’ devices to detect drugs was one idea pitched to prisons and probation minister to crack Crown court backlog.
The singer formerly known as ‘Pres’
Jonathan Smithers is one the Society’s more musical past presidents.
Beddie-bye byes for Lord Hardwicke
Lord chancellor Philip Yorke did not receive a watch as his retirement gift.
Armless enough? No-hands cycling barrister divides opinion
Garden Court practitioner observed cycling with his arms stretched out wide and off the handlebars during rush hour, police say.
Memory lane
Gove’s levy plan, 100,000 practising solicitors and professional married women: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Thanks a million, again
Contributions to the London Legal Walk expected to surpass £1m for the second year running.
M&S sweet sandwich raises VAT question
Will the limited-edition strawberries and cream sandwich be regarded as a staple food and exempt from VAT, or will the standard rate apply?
Firm takes the leap
Solicitors at Thackray Williams swap work suits for jumpsuits to raise money for charity.
Getaway Carr
Lady chief justice visits secondary school in Middlesbrough, to talk to pupils about the work of judges, the justice system and the rule of law.
Hometown heroes cheek by jowl
Whitstable law firm honours author who hails from the seaside town.
Hard yards pay off for job-seeker
Thomas Isaac vowed to keep visiting law firm offices in a spiralling radius to deliver his CV until he got a job.
