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Wealthy breathe cleaner air – official
International Arbitration Centre – London’s swanky hub for dispute resolution – is still a pestilence-free zone.
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Last chance saloon for silks
As the world went into lockdown, lawyers squeezed in a final bash last week.
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Twiss in the tale of criminal libel
In 1871 a Bedford Row solicitor began hounding the wife of an international lawyer.
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Point 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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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.
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No more secrets
Once upon a time any advance whisper of the chancellor’s speech was a resignation matter.
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Bog standards
Coronavirus outbreak calls attention to shocking state of toilets in the justice system.
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Grayling gets a Sumption-esque put-down
'Quite a distinguished record of decisions which were subsequently set aside.'
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Court celebrations miss the big picture
New exhibit dedicated to the Commercial Court’s history won’t be challenging the London Eye on the circuit any time soon.
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Heading for a Fal
Cornwall Legal Walk’s route goes from Falmouth town to Pendennis Castle overlooking the Fal Estuary.
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Stumped for justice in Africa
Monidipa Fouzder’s summary eviction from a court reminds me of difficulties I encountered when trying to observe trials in an African jurisdiction.
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Coronavirus: handshake gets the cold shoulder
Lawyers are taking no chances of catching Covid-19.
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Going viral: pandemic leads to outbreak of legal press releases
Resourceful media managers find all manner of takes on the outbreak.
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Dead ringers for diversity
Obiter can well remember a report from the Legal Services Board just over a year ago assessing the profession’s progress on diversity. The super-regulator essentially spent 30 pages outlining how some regulators weren’t doing well enough and that more work was needed to ensure the legal profession reflected the ...
