All Obiter articles – Page 13

  • Flying Formula crew
    News

    Round the island in nine breezy hours

    2025-06-09T10:54:00Z

    'We were somewhat damp,' Law Society Yacht Club members report. 

  • James Morton
    News

    LiP service and monkey business

    2025-06-08T00:05:00Z

    I had several dealings with litigants in person, few of which seemed to work in my favour.

  • Congregation
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    LIDW: Getting to the church on time

    2025-06-07T00:24:00Z

    Southwark Cathedral hosts London International Disputes Week's opening reception.

  • London Legal Walk 2014
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    Clock ticking for legal walk teams

    2025-06-06T14:54:00Z

    You have until midnight tonight (6 June) to register for the biggest access to justice fundraising event in the legal calendar.

  • Reserved sign on seats
    News

    Unmusical chairs in the Rolls Building

    2025-06-05T10:10:00Z

    Clerk takes a dim view of attempt to bag public seats. 

  • Z63_2119
    News

    Gallery: LIDW unwinds with Law Rocks!

    2025-06-04T10:09:00Z

    London's Scala venue was rocking until the small hours as six bands put on a rousing London International Disputes Week show.

  • Memory lane
    News

    Memory lane

    2025-05-29T13:31:00Z

    An embarrassing question to ask during divorce proceedings and the Society’s centenary celebrations: a stroll down Gazette memory lane. 

  • Will
    News

    Trix of the trade

    2025-05-28T14:27:00Z

    Law commission says its recommendations for electronic wills would ensure the law is fit for purpose for the modern age; but not everything is being updated.

  • Businesswoman carrying files
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    Wrong numbers

    2025-05-27T14:12:00Z

    Misnumbering of court bundles is ‘only too common’, an unimpressed Court of Appeal judge tells litigants.

  • Everton's new stadium at Bramley Moore dock in Liverpool
    News

    Hill treats blues

    2025-05-24T00:01:00Z

    Everton Football Club has unveiled an exclusive sponsor for its new Bramley Moor Dock home, but will it stick?

  • James Morton
    News

    Trial by TV: You be the Judge

    2025-05-20T00:01:00Z

    Channel 5 programme presented by Anne Robinson is designed to show the flaws of our sentencing system.

  • A robot's hand emerges from a laptop screen
    News

    First AI law firm? Er, not quite

    2025-05-19T00:01:00Z

    The regulator has authorised a start-up firm to provide legal advice generated by AI. But did the excitement go a little too far?

  • Edith Piaf
    News

    Edith Piaf back at the Cube

    2025-05-18T00:01:00Z

    Your regulator continues to accept criticism with all the humility of a toddler denying they drew on the walls while holding a crayon.

  • Yes Minister
    News

    Truth stranger than Whitehall fiction

    2025-05-17T00:01:00Z

    Is government policy being modelled on classic Whitehall sitcom Yes Minister?

  • Memory lane
    News

    Memory lane

    2025-05-10T00:01:00Z

    LAA's denial over an online billing system and lawyers' election triumph: a stroll down Gazette memory lane. 

  • Gig rowing
    News

    Solicitor gets the ideal bank holiday gig

    2025-05-07T15:44:00Z

    World Gig Rowing Championships attracts at least one legal competitor.

  • Boyband Blue
    News

    Goodbye to 'all rise'

    2025-05-06T09:26:00Z

    HMCTS says addition of 'if able' will create a more inclusive and accessible justice system for all. 

  • Morton landscape
    News

    Nothing to report on sentencing?

    2025-05-06T00:01:00Z

    James Morton on the Sentencing Council's recent proposals. 

  • Natural History Museum
    News

    You’ve been quangoed

    2025-05-05T00:01:00Z

    Lobby group TaxPayers’ Alliance comes up with interesting data on Britain’s ever-growing menagerie of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations.

  • A male office worker falls asleep in front of his laptop
    News

    Battle of the banal blurbs

    2025-05-04T00:01:00Z

    It’s about time City law firms did something to pep up the boilerplate trotted out in press releases announcing partner promotions.