All Obiter articles – Page 29
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NewsJudge burns ‘cool’ brief
Obiter was witness to what can only be described as a comprehensive ‘own’ of a learned friend.
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NewsComeback special
The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP is certainly not the first lord chancellor to get more than one wear out of his swearing-in robes.
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NewsNew PM - and yet another new lord chancellor?
Brandon Lewis backed Liz Truss in the last Conservative party leadership contest.
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NewsAre you a lucky winner?
Dozens of readers got in touch to request a copy of Emergency State, Adam Wagner’s account of how democracy was subverted during the pandemic.
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NewsNew quarter sessions on Fleet Street
Development will host courts complex and headquarters of the City of London Police.
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NewsPaying the price for counsel
In the 1960s, the wife of a client turned up after he had been acquitted and pushed an envelope across the desk. ‘Give that to [his counsel], will you? It’s £400.’
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FeatureWe were chucking money away – but no one was listening
In the last instalment of his career memoirs, Michael Simmons fears he is becoming a prisoner of his own creation. Things are starting to unravel...
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NewsA privileged spotlight?
Forthright Gazette reader comments were read out at the launch event of the Spotlight on Corruption report, 'A privileged profession?'.
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NewsWrong hammer spotted at court building site
Gavel takes centre stage at ceremony to mark latest City of London Law Courts milestone.
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NewsAt our convenience
The revival of social activity in legal London is putting pressure on certain facilities.
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NewsHow we lost our freedoms – read all about it
We have five copies of Adam Wagner's new book 'Emergency State' to give away to Gazette readers.
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NewsThe longest walk of all
Museum of London's new exhibition on public executions is a sober effort to bring together the rarely told human stories behind events both terrifying and terminal.
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NewsWarm words in a blast from the past
The wheels of justice grind slow. But that’s not always a bad thing.
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NewsEveryone’s a podcaster
‘Coming soon! Rooney v Vardy: The Breakdown’, announces a breathless tweet from Brabners.
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NewsSolicitor becomes 'iconic' 1960s minister on stage
Musical adaptation of Made in Dagenham will feature Julie Fisher as Barbara Castle.
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NewsLearned friends in high places
It was fortunate for Edmund Galley that a number of young barristers were in court at Exeter Assizes in 1836 to watch his murder trial.
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NewsDevaluing the currency
Michael Simmons’ central London practice appears buoyant, most recently acquiring a four-partner firm near Lincoln’s Inn. But his ambitions are increasingly thwarted as dissident partners get the upper hand...