All Obiter articles – Page 73
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NewsLegal levy sleeps with the fishes
Scale of opposition to Michael Gove’s idea of levy on firms to plug legal aid funding gaps apparent at conference.
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NewsKhan do attitude
Baroness Kennedy QC evokes memories of London mayor Sadiq Khan as ‘reliable’ articled clerk.
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NewsIdentity politics in the courtroom
Client dons a ginger wig to ‘test’ a witness’s identification.
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NewsPrime slot snub leaves Burgon on the fringes
Shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon misses out on star billing at Labour conference.
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NewsBodyguard finale protects the lawyers this time (Warning: Spoilers)
The nation breathed a sigh of relief last night as David Budd, hero of Bodyguard, made it out alive after being shot at, assaulted, kidnapped and tied to a bomb. (incidentally, surely Obiter wasn’t the one terrified that car was going to blow up right at the end?) The ...
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Legal birds of a feather in a flap
Legal Aid Agency report features biodiversity initiative Big Garden Bird Watch.
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NewsAll Gold as Steph mixes it with the Brownlees
Stephanie King competes at the World Triathlon Grand Final on Australia’s Gold Coast.
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NewsThe rise of Rose
BBC Radio 4’s Great Lives last week featured England’s first female judge, Dame Rose Heilbron.
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NewsSoap dispenses ethical dilemma
The behaviour of Coronation Street’s new solicitor character raises interesting ethical questions.
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NewsEarly pre-nup in Blitz and pieces
Prior to her marriage in 1934 to Mohamed Hussein,18-year-old Estella Blitz signed a very curious document.
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NewsAlgorithm method
Obiter has just learned an intriguing fact about those irritating ‘I am not a robot’ puzzles on the sign-up pages for online services.
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NewsMotor skills
Clive Robertson seems to have carved out his dream job: setting up a specialist group at London and south-coast firm Healys devoted to classic cars.
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NewsProcurement in LAA LAA land
The Legal Aid Agency’s procurement for civil legal aid work is descending into farce.
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NewsCrash course in whiplash
Last week’s Commons debate on the Civil Liability Bill lasted three-and-a-half hours, forcing MPs to miss the latest episode of Great British Bake Off.
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