All Obiter articles – Page 57
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NewsIs there anybody there?
Another day, another Zoom meeting. But this time it was a case management hearing involving Baker McKenzie and the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal to decide whether a part-heard case should continue remotely.
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NewsBurning questions
ITV’s three-part drama Quiz, based on the cheating scandal that rocked popular Saturday night game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? nearly two decades ago, aired last week and received rave reviews. Its portrayal of lawyers? Not so much.
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NewsIt’s only rock ‘n’ roll but I like it…
It takes more than a global health emergency to silence the legal profession’s wannabe rock stars.
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NewsLaw is still rocking - at a social distance
Global charity Law Rocks! seeks votes for the best performance ever.
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NewsStaff work from home and walk to India
East of England firm Tees Law sets a challenge for home workers.
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NewsSanta banter
While those who thought to buy Zoom shares can presumably retire now, the rest of us must carry on working if we can – many of us from home.
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NewsBench jury trials for the lockdown
The outcry against the idea of three-day jury trials during the lockdown was justified. Would jurors, sitting in what seem generally to be regarded as insanitary conditions, have become vulnerable after only 21 hours in court plus a few hours in their room? With the greatest respect (as we ...
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NewsKerb chore enthusiasm
McDonald’s may have closed its drive-thru (sic) restaurants for the duration of the pandemic, but a north-east law firm has decided now is the perfect time to open up a roadside facility.
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NewsWealthy breathe cleaner air – official
International Arbitration Centre – London’s swanky hub for dispute resolution – is still a pestilence-free zone.
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NewsLast chance saloon for silks
As the world went into lockdown, lawyers squeezed in a final bash last week.
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NewsTwiss in the tale of criminal libel
In 1871 a Bedford Row solicitor began hounding the wife of an international lawyer.
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NewsPoint of no return
One casualty of the sweeping reforms to electoral law proposed by the Law Commission may be the smug feeling that comes from being the only person watching election night to know why it’s the acting returning officer who stands up at the mic.
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News Oxbridge college heads: QCs are one in, one out
Be ye ever so high, as Lord Denning almost said in 1977, the ‘rub-out e-mail’ is above you.