OBITER – Page 43
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NewsA league of their own
European Super League’s climbdown was probably less celebrated by the legal profession.
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NewsColin v Cuthbert: trade mark revenge
'Let’s raise money for charity, not lawyers,' is Aldi's response to Marks & Spencer complaint.
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NewsCovid may be a ‘blessing in disguise’ for wills
The Law Commission is rarely noted for leaping to snap conclusions – which is just as well, given the chaos we all know can ensue from hasty law reform. But sometimes its work programme seems especially glacial.
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NewsBig drinker last man standing
Where I was articled the top floor was occupied by an ex-policeman, Sid Powell, who looked like the actor Jeremy Kemp and who went by the name Sandy.
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NewsIP lawyers have their cake and eat it in caterpillar wars
Yes, we know that the case of Colin and Cuthbert has legs.
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NewsLawyers remember the Duke
‘Quick witted, committed, interested but always, always, his own man.’
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NewsLakewell back on Line of Duty - with a tan to die for
Spoiler alert: a legal career has been somewhat curtailed.
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NewsStreet life gets ticket to ride
Old Bank of England pub cranes bus in to its outdoor drinking space as it gears up for relaxation in lockdown rules.
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News‘My kingdom for a JR’: Richard III spooks Faulks
More than 500 years later Richard III still seems to be causing trouble for Her Majesty’s Government.
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NewsDon't mention the Aprilscherz
VW discovers that lawyers don't necessarily have a sense of humour.
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NewsArticles and my room with a view
Not all staff had their own room or even desk at the suburban office where I was to be articled.
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NewsDefra’s who’s who
Mystery surrounds Whitehall’s submissions to the Independent Review of Administrative Law.
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NewsDe mortuis nihil nisi bonum
Once upon a time, an obituary of a High Court judge in The Times would have been an exercise in deference.
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NewsA Nightingale court fit for the 19th century
Barracks block fails the social distancing test, among others.
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NewsLawyers fact checking again on Line of Duty return
Solicitor was awake, alive and apparently not corrupt. Which is a start.
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NewsPink string and smokes: articling in the 80s
Readers’ memories of serving articles have now entered a fourth decade, with Melanie Benn’s recollections of joining ‘a very large South Yorkshire firm’ in 1989.
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NewsAnyone for post-pandemic rugger and netball?
More great news for athletic types: the Law Society RFC 7s & Netball Tournament is back and with a year’s worth of pent up demand, the organisers are looking forward to another record-breaking year.