All Obiter articles – Page 18
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NewsBarrister jailed for NZ kidnap plot
In 1992, 46-year-old barrister John Burrett had not long opened chambers in Canterbury, Kent.
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Cutlery etiquette baffles Inn interlopers
Treasury solicitor Susanna McGibbon and outgoing Law Society president Lubna Shuja chatted candidly about their careers at an event last Friday attended by more than 200 people. Turns out both had attended Inns of Court ‘dining sessions’ for would-be barristers – and neither knew why there were so many knives ...
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NewsArena gig for Yorkshire hordes
Last week’s Yorkshire Legal Awards at New Dock Hall in Leeds was predictably glam, though never gaudy.
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NewsLabour of love
This week’s Labour conference was so carefully stage-managed that sketch-writing was more difficult than finding a funded justice policy.
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NewsMemory lane
A moment of crisis for legal education and wigs win as court dress remains formal: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsOpening of the legal year goes woke as King James is shunned
Readings by the lord chancellor and lady chief justice came from the trendy New International Bible at the annual service.
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NewsSRA woos Tories in Manchester
Solicitors Regulation Authority board chair included in line-up at Conservative party conference fringe event.
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NewsOpen day at the RCJ
Royal Courts of Justice puts on a splendid show for this year’s Open House Festival.
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NewsWorking in partnership
Partners Anna Comerford and Jonathan Warren become business partners too with the advent of a new law firm.
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NewsSociety elects youngest ever president
Birmingham Law Society swears in 31-year-old Alice Kinder.
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NewsLandmarks with a sense of perspective
Charity print commemorates the appointment of our first lady chief justice.
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NewsCalling all cricketers
The Law Society Cricket Club is looking for new players ‘of all shapes and sizes’ for next year.
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NewsLeaving stress on the shelf
Academic bookshop takes bold decision to file its entire criminal law section under ‘Therapy’.
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NewsSRA coffers are on a roll
SRA’s keeping of the roll exercise for 2023 has now concluded, with around 27,000 names removed from the list.
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NewsTaking the biscuit (or cake?)
Senior solicitor comes up with tasty campaign to help schoolchildren understand what judges and lawyers do.
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Memory lane
Calls to abolish the LSB and ending the hearsay rule: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsKeep on keeping on
Some of the country’s most senior judges weren’t successful in their applications to join the bench first time round – or even subsequently.