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NewsVirtual tribunal lives up to reality
Lots of fingers were crossed last week when the disciplinary case against Baker McKenzie resumed in a virtual courtroom after a four-month adjournment.
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Fitness to practise
A virtual fitness challenge to raise money for charities affected by Covid-19 has raised a blood-pumping question: which lawyers are fitter – those in-house or in private practice?
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Art of the matter
As we hit week seven of lockdown, art lovers are running out of options for feeding their addiction.
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Bar’s jimmer in the box seat
Jimmering – to get a free or better seat than that paid for – seems to have begun in the 1930s.
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Taking isolation on the chin
Several staff members at Slater and Gordon have participated in an ‘isolation beards’ group.
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Supreme Court ceremony is intimate - but distant
Lord Justice Leggatt was sworn in personally by the president, but behind closed doors.
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Is 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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It’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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Burning 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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Law is still rocking - at a social distance
Global charity Law Rocks! seeks votes for the best performance ever.
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Staff work from home and walk to India
East of England firm Tees Law sets a challenge for home workers.
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Kerb 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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Santa 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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Bench 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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