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    Lawyer set for small screen portrayal

    2025-09-24T11:41:00Z

    ITV’s latest blockbuster drama The Hack, which premiers tonight, will have one particularly avid lawyer viewer amongst the millions tuning in.

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    Pastures new

    2025-09-23T10:48:00Z

    Junior lawyer Sam Fawcett has handy inside knowledge to bring to Cumbria firm Cartmell Shepherd.

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    Sacred text memorialises criminal defender

    2025-09-23T10:44:00Z

    Family, friends and colleagues of Julian Young, a criminal defence ‘stalwart’ who died in 2021, gathered at Islington Town Hall in London last Sunday to witness the inauguration of a new Torah Scroll.

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    Real life, not just fantasy

    2025-09-23T10:43:00Z

    Some City lawyers watching the finale of last weekend’s Last Night of the Proms may have spotted a familiar face singing Bohemian Rhapsody. 

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    Memory lane

    2025-09-16T00:01:00Z

    Fixed fees for crime work, Enduring Powers of Attorney Act and the first woman to sit on the High Court bench: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.

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    Water way to raise money

    2025-09-15T00:01:00Z

    Dispute resolution partner at City firm takes on a solo swim across the English Channel. 

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    John Eddowes, the polymath of Carey Street

    2025-09-14T00:01:00Z

    Obiter was saddened to learn of the death of one of the great characters of legal London. 

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    Banking on damage limitation

    2025-09-12T10:32:00Z

    When HMCTS really wants to fix a bit of damage to its estate, it moves at a blazing pace.

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    'The best ****ing night of our lives'

    2025-09-11T15:10:00Z

    Following on from the park baseball boys (1 August), I did defend other brothers who were a bit more venal. They lived near the old cinema in the Caledonian Road, which seemed to show endless Randolph Scott double bills. It was also conveniently near Pentonville Prison, from which another client, ...

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    All the right notes

    2025-09-11T14:59:00Z

    Solicitor-composer brings a series of concerts to London.

  • Jeevan Singh Dhothar
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    Learning the lingo

    2025-09-10T15:29:00Z

    Newly qualified solicitor Jeevan Singh Dhothar has obtained a GCSE in Punjabi. 

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    Neidle match

    2025-09-09T15:17:00Z

    Neither Dan Neidle nor Prem Sikka is publicity shy, nor found wanting when it comes to a dissenting opinion. All similarities end there.

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    Banksy comes to court

    2025-09-08T15:27:00Z

    Work featuring a judge with gavel is promptly covered up. 

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    Protecting Taylor Swift's Love Story from Bad Blood

    2025-08-27T10:09:00Z

    Family lawyers say a well-crafted nuptial agreement sets clear foundations and protects both parties.

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    Hill Dickinson kicks off at Everton

    2025-08-22T10:27:00Z

    New stadium hosts its first Premier League game on Sunday when the Toffees take on Brighton and Hove Albion.

  • Krishangi Meshram
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    Lawyers are definitely getting younger

    2025-08-19T11:30:00Z

    Congratulations to Krishangi Meshram who has qualified as a solicitor at the age of 21 years and three months. 

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    Memory lane

    2025-08-13T00:01:00Z

    Embracing agile working and a Law Society president from Manchester: a stroll down Gazette memory lane. 

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    Bye bye, baby? Not for Andrew…

    2025-08-12T00:47:00Z

    A former Law Society president is celebrating 50 years with the same Merseyside firm.

  • Ozzy: not always one for the small print
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    Rose from the dead

    2025-08-11T09:53:00Z

    Kent firm Furley Page spots a legal angle to the death of heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne.

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    Never snows but it pours

    2025-08-09T00:01:00Z

    What could be more uplifting for debt-laden students than a prominent Conservative denouncing them as ‘snowflakes’ in a national newspaper.