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NewsClaims farmers
Radio 4’s The Archers runs its first ever legal services cross-selling storyline.
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NewsCautionary tale from Gold Coast
Family and migration lawyer Gisele Reid of Nyst Lawyers on Australia’s Gold Coast has sent me a cautionary tale.
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NewsLove Island's dumped solicitor highlights plight of legal aid
'Now I have a voice and have a large following I can make a difference,’ says newly qualified Rosie Williams in TV interview.
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NewsRoadshow and tell
A month ago, Obiter pointed out that HMCTS could perhaps do more to get its story straight.
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NewsGallery: Law Rocks! at the 100 Club
Battle of the legal bands gets legendary London venue jumping.
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NewsSolicitor Rosie closes her Love Island argument on Adam
The good news is she’s still in it. The bad news is she’s suffered heartbreak.
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NewsNothing Gauke-ward about a legal match
Lord chancellor leads a select XI against his neighbouring MP - who has a solicitor in the line-up.
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NewsMinister quits out of the Blue
Obiter feels for soft-Tory thinktank Bright Blue. It teamed up last week with the Equality and Human Rights Commission to present an agenda-setting conference ‘Fighting for Freedom: Conservatism, human rights and discrimination’. The idea was to reclaim the debate on human rights from the left. Keynote speaker Phillip Lee MP, ...
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NewsAnd so it begins…
The World Cup is upon us, meaning a month of early finishes and web browsers quickly minimised whenever the boss walks past. Luckily, England games fall in the evening or at the weekend, so absenteeism should not be the problem it was in previous tournaments. But with 5,500 foreign lawyers ...
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NewsLegal life on the ocean wave
Solicitors pitted their sailing skills against architects, barristers and MPs in the annual outing of the Law Society Yacht Club. The regatta featured races between classic 26-foot Mermaid-class keelboats operated by the Sea View Yacht Club on the Isle of Wight. The results were: First place – House of Commons ...
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NewsHale, the primary school hero
An access to justice charity wants to publish an illustrated children's book about the Supreme Court president.
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NewsSolicitors and salutations
The letter in the Gazette fulminating about the archaic practice of beginning letters ‘Dear Sir’ is absolutely right (21 May). As we approach the end of the second decade of the 21st century it is catering to a patriarchal society: it is a practice that is outmoded and should be ...
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NewsLaw to Love Island - solicitor Rosie Williams signs up for ITV2 show
The popular show is reported to have signed up an NQ solicitor.
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NewsVery English Scandal: if in doubt, cut the solicitor
Two larger-than-life characters made only passing appearances in the climactic episode of BBC's Thorpe drama.