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  • James morton
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    Novel battles in the courtroom

    30 July 2018

    What is the best courtroom fight in fiction?

  • Hogwarts dining hall
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    Bar brawl

    30 July 2018

    Are our friends at the bar going through a relationship wobble?

  • Poet for hire, South Bank, London
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    Underground subversion

    30 July 2018

    London’s underground trains weren’t the jolliest places on Earth during last week’s heatwave, but at least they provided some entertainment for poetry lovers.

  • International Development Committee
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    MPs refrain from lawyer-bashing shock

    2018-07-30T00:01:00Z

    Scathing report on overseas aid charities stays off the subject of law firms' involvement in reputation management. 

  • Beach holiday
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    'Cancel the holiday - I've got insurance figures to exploit'

    2018-07-26T10:29:00Z

    Our justice secretary is able to reap the benefits of policies not even enacted yet.

  • Dominic raab leaving number 10 downing street
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    Freedom (not) to choose

    23 July 2018

    Obiter is delighted to note that Dominic Raab’s appointment as Brexit secretary brings the total of ex-solicitors sitting around the Cabinet table to three.

  • Metal water bottle
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    HMCTS loses its bottle

    23 July 2018

    The latest in our series of court security blunders comes from barrister Adam Wagner.

  • Bobandrichard
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    Cheshire pair bring up century

    23 July 2018

    Partners at HHB Law in Altrincham have now clocked up a hugely impressive combined 100 years.

  • Memory lane
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    Memory Lane 23 July 2018

    23 July 2018

    A walk down the Gazette’s memory lane.

  • Sir Andrew McFarlane thought transfer
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    Family chief's judicial 'transmission'

    2018-07-19T10:02:00Z

    Judges cannot comment on government policy. So you'll have to read their mind instead.

  • london flyover
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    Flying visitors

    16 July 2018

    The mildewed window frames of Obiter Towers were set rattling on their hinges last Wednesday as 100 aircraft roared low over legal London.

  • Harry kane
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    Semi detached

    16 July 2018

    Talking of corporate gigs, Obiter’s garland for maladroit scheduling has a new owner.

  • Morton landscape
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    Criminal justice under the cosh

    16 July 2018

    I was at a conference held by the University of York on ‘Imagining the Impossible’ recently when someone in the audience asked how long it would be before the criminal justice system broke down.

  • Tweet
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    Tom Watson next in line for lawyers' Twitter backlash

    2018-07-10T10:48:00Z

    Deputy leader of the Labour Party and shadow culture secretary Tom Watson MP received a nasty bite today from the social media snake pit after an ill-advised tweet. Watson, picking up on last night’s game of cabinet musical chairs, decided it was time for a spot of political point-scoring - ...

  • Bath
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    Naked truth puts nudes in a mood

    9 July 2018

    It’s rare that Obiter quotes legal advice from the British Naturism organisation.

  • Pepys
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    Fleeting memories of Pepys

    9 July 2018

    Full marks to HM Courts & Tribunals Service for its sense of history in picking Salisbury Square.

  • Victoriashop
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    The secret’s out

    9 July 2018

    The tiresome practice of setting up websites with addresses coincidentally resembling those of well-known brands shows no sign of dying out.

  • Memory lane
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    Memory lane

    9 July 2018

    A stroll down the Gazette’s memory lane.

  • southgate
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    Football's coming home - to Southgate Solicitors

    2018-07-06T10:01:00Z

    Any law firm worth its salt should be capitalising in some way on England’s unlikely progress in the World Cup. For north London outfit Southgate Solicitors, which shares a name with the team’s unassuming but popular manager Gareth of that ilk, things are much easier. Hasan Hadi ...

  • Bakelite radio
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    Claims farmers

    2 July 2018

    Radio 4’s The Archers runs its first ever legal services cross-selling storyline.