All Obiter articles
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Diamond geezer
Grantham solicitor celebrating 60th year in the job says he will retire ‘when the fun stops’.
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Bite mark leaves clue to murder
A half-eaten apple was found in the room of actress and prostitute Clara Buswell, who was stabbed to death on Christmas Eve 1872.
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Bar puts the fizz into courtoom horror stories
The chair of the CBA announces a rather unusual Christmas competition.
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Keen keens over purdah murder
The ban on government activity during pre-election purdah is a mixed blessing, according to Obiter’s favourite justice minister, Lord Keen of Elie QC. The upside, he told a City of London audience at the unveiling of the LawTech Delivery Panel’s statement on cryptoassets and smart contracts, is that ‘my ...
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Highbrow clash of the heavyweights
A spat has erupted in the London Review of Books, an ordinarily genteel magazine for the highbrow keen to expand their (already voluminous) vocabularies.
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£80k salary will be news to legal aid lawyers
BBC's Question Time was an unexpected forum for discussing solicitors' earnings.
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Legal community rallies to support Yorkshire flood victims
Firms and lawyers go the extra mile - in Wellies.
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What’s eating you, Geoffrey?
Geoffrey Robertson QC in his toughest challenge yet: saving the London district of Bloomsbury from a zombie invasion.
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Mr Burns is taking on the LAA
Obiter suspects one of the Legal Aid Agency’s document authors is a fan of US animated sitcom The Simpsons.
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Law students learn the sound of one hand clapping
BPP responds to concerns about well-being with pop-up meditation studios.
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HMCTS listings meeting scuppered - owing to listings clash
Criminal bar chief was supposed to meet chief executive Susan Acland-Hood today.
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Words paper over the cracks
Beautifully drafted press releases are of limited use to lawyers who have to dodge falling plasterboard in court.
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Hide and seek for digital badge
Finding the SRA badge on magic circle firms’ websites involves a certain amount of clicking and scrolling.
