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NewsWas Raab right on rights?
After the paltry turnout at the SRA’s Labour party conference event, Obiter is delighted to report that the Conservative conference repeat showing was rammed. At least, that’s what we were told by co-host Bright Blue when we tried to book a seat six days in advance. ‘Event at full capacity,’ ...
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NewsMotivation Monday: join us for the London Legal Walk
Law’s biggest annual fundraising event returns with a choice of three London routes - and a street party.
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NewsGreen shoots: Waking up a tribunal dormant since 1984
Judicial Appointments Commission searches for an energetic chair for the Plants Varieties and Seeds Tribunal.
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NewsCutting out the waiting room
I’m grateful to Adrian Brodkin for writing in to suggest a new term for solicitor. But he also chastises me for confusing Clacton with ‘bracing’ Skegness. Mea culpa, which shows I did at least pass my Latin O-level. More than I did geography, which was never my strong suit. After ...
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NewsFridge magnet
Great Scott: few were brave enough to battle the winds and make the SRA’s ‘fridge event’.
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NewsLegal problem? There could have been an app for that
MoJ has second thoughts about delivering legal advice via your mobile.
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NewsAwards gallery: Lawyers finally lauded in person
Surrey Law Society’s annual awards was one of the first live awards ceremonies since the pandemic.
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NewsOnly Connect mistake has family lawyers shouting at the TV
Team asked to make the connection between four 'grounds for divorce'.
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NewsLammy loses his Spurs in exchange for talking justice
Scheduling of a fringe event of the Labour Party conference presented a bit of a problem for the Tottenham fan.
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NewsGreat art doors
September saw the return of the Chelsea Art Society’s annual exhibition, an event of which Wedlake Bell is the longstanding sponsor.
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NewsCosta living is easy
Fieldfisher's offer of Costa vouchers to its lawyers is just one of a number of ways City firms are making the office return more appealing.
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NewsWhere there’s a will there’s a won’t
President of the family division reveals surprising royal connection in recent judgment on the Duke of Edinburgh’s will.
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NewsKeir swerves justice issues on road to success
Starmer’s long essay about ‘the road ahead’ for Britain had plenty of words to play with, but ‘justice’ is used just five times.
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NewsOpening pop-up courts in the shadow of a closed one
Fifth Nightingale court opens at conference centre in Monument, just three Tube stops from closed Blackfriars Crown Court.
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NewsCounting the cost of crime
Marlborough Street was not a court where I or my clients fared well.
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NewsLSB’s feast of words blurs party line
LSB consultation treats words in much the same way as the late Keith Floyd treated red wine: you can never have too much.
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NewsIT glitch puts council in a bind
A local authority in Kent found out the hard way how not to go about testing online systems.
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NewsJenna’s vision is one of a kind
Jenna Atkinson was a finalist in this year's Enterprise Vision Awards, which celebrates female entrepreneurship in the north-west.
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NewsA return to normal? At least the awards bashes are back
Surrey Law Society leads the way with a packed and joyous event.