All Obiter articles – Page 114

  • Gorilla
    News

    Dressing the part

    24 November 2014

    If you were applying to be a judge, what would you wear at the interview?

  • Mohammed Wakil
    News

    Learning on the job

    24 November 2014

    Chris Grayling could follow the example of a Nigerian minister – by getting a law degree.

  • James Morton
    News

    Masquerading solicitors

    24 November 2014

    A tale of a fake solicitor, with highly Brilliantined black hair.

  • Carry on Matron
    News

    What a carry on

    17 November 2014

    Awards season has already provided a very ironic moment.

  • Lord Sugar
    News

    Sugar coated

    17 November 2014

    The lawyers on TV show The Apprentice survive another week.

  • Dictionary
    News

    Find your language

    17 November 2014

    Fancy preloading al desko tonight before going out twerking? Or how about a free dictionary?

  • Monty Python ‘Yorkshire men’ sketch
    News

    Nah then lad

    17 November 2014

    Bar Council chair went to Queen Elizabeth Grammar, Wakefield – as did someone else you might be familiar with.

  • Margaret Thatcher
    News

    Memory lane

    17 November 2014

    Sufficient publicity has to be created so that Margaret Thatcher is forced to make forcible demands of other governments over the Ehiopian famine.

  • Sir Edward Eveleigh
    News

    Memories of Eveleigh trials

    10 November 2014

    News of the death of Sir Edward Eveleigh evokes stories involving the urbane judge.

  • Sadiq Khan
    News

    Labour pains

    10 November 2014

    It was a mixed week for the legal team of Her Majesty’s loyal opposition.

  • Gareth Beynon
    News

    Man with a van

    10 November 2014

    A jury liked the idea of a 56-year-old portly solicitor breaking into a vehicle.

  • Julian Barnes
    News

    Novel approach

    3 November 2014

    Reluctant speaker Julian Barnes was called to the bar.

  • Memory Lane
    News

    Memory Lane

    3 November 2014

    Clementi: consumers back single regulatory body.

  • red wine
    News

    Naked lunch

    3 November 2014

    The wine is there. Why not drink it?

  • Lucy Worsley
    News

    Storm in a pre-nup

    3 November 2014

    Unusual pre-nuptial agreements.

  • Dentists
    News

    Nightmare on PR street

    2014-10-31T12:44:00Z

    It's Halloween. And, it seems, dentists are more scared than you.

  • Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko
    News

    The empire sits back

    27 October 2014

    The VIP line-up at the IBA conference was a remarkable coup.

  • Candle
    News

    Causing a stink

    27 October 2014

    How about a nice yellow scented candle for Christmas?

  • Back to the Future
    News

    Endangered species?

    27 October 2014

    If one Back to the Future prediction is on the money…

  • James Morton
    News

    Extraordinary judgment

    27 October 2014

    Stories about John Maude abound.