Obiter – Page 105

  • Frankie Fraser
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    ‘Mad’ Frank the litigator

    2014-12-05T00:01:00Z

    We recall the later career of ‘Mad’ Frank Fraser, who died last month.  

  • Turkey
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    RSC in for the kill?

    2014-12-03T11:44:00Z

    Maybe all the lawyers won’t be killed after all. At least not yet.

  • Lord Justice Lewison
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    Surgical skills

    2014-12-02T11:28:00Z

    Judge suggests litigant in person may be cut out for a career in the law.

  • Dictionary
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    Words apart

    1 December 2014

    Obiter’s appeal for legal neologisms showed a definite logophiliac tendency in the profession.

  • Dominic Grieve
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    Tipsy turvy

    1 December 2014

    Former attorney general Dominic Grieve tells audience it’s not the wine making them feel unstable.

  • Edinburgh
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    Masters and moaners

    1 December 2014

    Edinburgh uni to offer masters in complaint-handling.

  • Memory Lane
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    Memory lane

    1 December 2014

    Stories from yesteryear.

  • Gorilla
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    Dressing the part

    24 November 2014

    If you were applying to be a judge, what would you wear at the interview?

  • Mohammed Wakil
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    Learning on the job

    24 November 2014

    Chris Grayling could follow the example of a Nigerian minister – by getting a law degree.

  • Madam Butterfly
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    Come up with a bravo brief to win tickets

    24 November 2014

    Create a plot twist involving the intervention of a family solicitor.

  • James Morton
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    Masquerading solicitors

    24 November 2014

    A tale of a fake solicitor, with highly Brilliantined black hair.

  • Carry on Matron
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    What a carry on

    17 November 2014

    Awards season has already provided a very ironic moment.

  • Monty Python ‘Yorkshire men’ sketch
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    Nah then lad

    17 November 2014

    Bar Council chair went to Queen Elizabeth Grammar, Wakefield – as did someone else you might be familiar with.

  • Dictionary
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    Find your language

    17 November 2014

    Fancy preloading al desko tonight before going out twerking? Or how about a free dictionary?

  • Lord Sugar
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    Sugar coated

    17 November 2014

    The lawyers on TV show The Apprentice survive another week.

  • Margaret Thatcher
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    Memory lane

    17 November 2014

    Sufficient publicity has to be created so that Margaret Thatcher is forced to make forcible demands of other governments over the Ehiopian famine.

  • Gareth Beynon
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    Man with a van

    10 November 2014

    A jury liked the idea of a 56-year-old portly solicitor breaking into a vehicle.

  • Sadiq Khan
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    Labour pains

    10 November 2014

    It was a mixed week for the legal team of Her Majesty’s loyal opposition.

  • Sir Edward Eveleigh
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    Memories of Eveleigh trials

    10 November 2014

    News of the death of Sir Edward Eveleigh evokes stories involving the urbane judge.

  • Lucy Worsley
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    Storm in a pre-nup

    3 November 2014

    Unusual pre-nuptial agreements.