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NewsEVEL sense of humour?
Lawyers were left disappointed following speculation surrounding the release of a recent MoJ statement to parliament.
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NewsDo-nut leave yet: Solicitor Sarah survives Apprentice defeat
It was doughnuts week in The Apprentice this week and Obiter is pleased to report our solicitor representative was not left looking like a, well… a doughnut. Teesside solicitor Sarah Ann Magson has survived for another week as she bids to become Lord Sugar’s first solicitor business partner and the ...
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NewsConsumer champ courts controversy
Martin Lewis of Moneysavingexpert grudgingly take up his new role as patron of the Personal Support Unit.
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NewsHammering home the point about gavels
The Presidents’ Hammers, by Diego Tonus got us thinking about gavels and their back story.
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NewsMagson tight-lipped over comic turn
The Apprentice’s resident solicitor Sarah Ann Magson appears to be playing the long game.
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NewsTroublemakers in rude health
Home secretary Sajid Javid has had something of a whizz of an idea. In future, violence will be treated as a disease.
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NewsKhan do attitude
Baroness Kennedy QC evokes memories of London mayor Sadiq Khan as ‘reliable’ articled clerk.
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NewsLegal levy sleeps with the fishes
Scale of opposition to Michael Gove’s idea of levy on firms to plug legal aid funding gaps apparent at conference.
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NewsPrime slot snub leaves Burgon on the fringes
Shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon misses out on star billing at Labour conference.
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NewsIdentity politics in the courtroom
Client dons a ginger wig to ‘test’ a witness’s identification.
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NewsBodyguard finale protects the lawyers this time (Warning: Spoilers)
The nation breathed a sigh of relief last night as David Budd, hero of Bodyguard, made it out alive after being shot at, assaulted, kidnapped and tied to a bomb. (incidentally, surely Obiter wasn’t the one terrified that car was going to blow up right at the end?) The ...
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Legal birds of a feather in a flap
Legal Aid Agency report features biodiversity initiative Big Garden Bird Watch.
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NewsAll Gold as Steph mixes it with the Brownlees
Stephanie King competes at the World Triathlon Grand Final on Australia’s Gold Coast.
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NewsSoap dispenses ethical dilemma
The behaviour of Coronation Street’s new solicitor character raises interesting ethical questions.