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NewsThe rise of Rose
BBC Radio 4’s Great Lives last week featured England’s first female judge, Dame Rose Heilbron.
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NewsAlgorithm method
Obiter has just learned an intriguing fact about those irritating ‘I am not a robot’ puzzles on the sign-up pages for online services.
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NewsEarly pre-nup in Blitz and pieces
Prior to her marriage in 1934 to Mohamed Hussein,18-year-old Estella Blitz signed a very curious document.
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NewsProcurement in LAA LAA land
The Legal Aid Agency’s procurement for civil legal aid work is descending into farce.
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NewsCrash course in whiplash
Last week’s Commons debate on the Civil Liability Bill lasted three-and-a-half hours, forcing MPs to miss the latest episode of Great British Bake Off.
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NewsMotor skills
Clive Robertson seems to have carved out his dream job: setting up a specialist group at London and south-coast firm Healys devoted to classic cars.
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NewsMPs put the car crash into whiplash debate
Demolition derby drivers survive a little rough and tumble so are whiplash claims really legitimate?
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NewsRelentless insurers take lawyer-bashing to new levels
Association of British Insurers buys space in widely read political blog.
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NewsLegal London’s big screen outing
Obiter was first in the queue at the local fleapit to catch the film adaptation of Ian McEwan’s legal drama The Children Act.
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NewsSchool’s out, court’s in
Drafting a complex commercial contract is probably child’s play compared to coming up with ways to entertain the kids during the summer holidays.
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NewsStanza bonanza
Oh dear. When it comes to poetic talent, all we can say is that Gazette readers must be very good lawyers.
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NewsLegal London on the big screen
Excitement is building to see Oscar-winning Emma Thompson portray a High Court judge in The Children Act.
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NewsSolicitor Gemma shows her iron resolve
Obiter cannot imagine how some lawyers find the time to fit extra-curricular activities around their hectic work life. Given it is sometimes a struggle to find time to do the laundry post or pre-work it is always impressive when news reaches us of a solicitor who has completed the London ...
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NewsYou're awesome! Firm develops hi-tech praise for colleagues
Bfrank was the winner of a Fieldfisher competition for an app to improve working life.
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NewsWish you weren't here? SDT offering virtual tour
SDT website allows users to step inside the tribunal, from reception all the way to the hearing room.
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NewsReality bites
Love Island has come to an end for another year but Obiter can’t resist a final update from the villa’s one-time resident solicitor.
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NewsYummie Brummie
Specially created dishes by Michelin star Brummie chef Glynn Purnell (pictured, left) will be on the menu at a gala dinner to celebrate the bicentenary of the UK’s oldest regional law society.
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