OBITER – Page 49
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NewsComing soon… live US court drama
US-based Court TV says it is giving UK residents a ‘front-row seat’ to the US criminal justice system.
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NewsBroad(band) church
The historic Temple Church in London will host a Service of Choral Evensong via live stream to mark the Opening of the Legal Year.
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NewsZoom silence kills the polite conference chuckle
Do virtual meetings need a canned laughter track?
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NewsAcrobat who was called to the bars
Jean Marie Jules Léotard created the art of the flying trapeze. You can’t get much further from the law than that.
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NewsNever mind the quality…
Legal Services Board last week urged consumers to shop nationally for the best deals on legal advice.
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NewsWanna dance?
One team member at Forsters will be doing 100 minutes of ballet as part of the London Legal Walk 10xChallenge next month.
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NewsSolicitors get shirty
Entries to the Gazette’s competition ranged from the grandiloquent, to the indignant, to the downright waspish.
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NewsGet it on your chest - competition
We’re giving away 10 Gazette-branded t-shirts bearing the proud legend ‘Activist lawyer’. Want to win one?
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NewsThe polecat, the piano and the pearl earrings
Law centre solicitor had to deal with an unexpected furry guest.
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NewsFamily affair: Father and sons work almost 170 years at same firm
Anthony and John Miller Last month Obiter reported on south east firm Thomson Snell & Passmore being recognised as the world’s oldest legal practice. Middlesex firm Miller Clayton can’t quite claim such longevity, having been founded in the 1930s, but its unbroken record of family service ...
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NewsEpidemic of pandemic claims yet to materialise
The world has changed, as adverts selling us washing powder and tinned sausages seem to tell us endlessly.
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NewsFaking it to get off the hook
Escaping traffic offences, avoiding child maintenance payments, and dodging a parking fine: reasons to fake your own death.
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NewsPoetry and motion
London Legal Support Trust encourages you to ‘take on 10k your way’ this year: will you write 10 poems or skip 10km?
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NewsBig Breakfast
Solicitor Kate Studholme, author of An Elephant for Breakfast, embarks on mission to save wildlife.