Obiter – Page 19
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NewsShort shrift for short sleeves?
The oppressive heat has led some lawyers to consider truly drastic measures.
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NewsStreet writer
Solicitors' storylines on long-running soap Coronation Street branch out to lasting powers of attorney.
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NewsBlackballed by the Major
It’s the dawn of the Swinging Sixties and newly demobbed Michael Simmons has landed a plum City job – with Jonathan Sumption’s father. Read on...
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News1747 and all that: Coodes celebrates 275 years
Firm founded under George II now has eight offices across Cornwall and Devon.
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NewsAction stations for Slater and Gordon
Four years after the national firm quit 52 Chancery Lane, it has returned to the ’hood.
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NewsLove affair lands lawyer inside
US lawyer Mary Evans fell in love with Tim Kirk while he was serving a sentence for robbery.
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NewsWhen the PM failed to fire the attorney general
Dominic Grieve recalls how he earned an extra day’s pay.
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NewsLetting lawyers sound off holistically could prove costly
Civil Justice Council tries to put a lid on epic submissions to consultation.
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News€10bn case throws up a curveball
Claim brought 'for the sake of stability of the global financial system' fails to impress the High Court.
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NewsGoing the extra mile for legal support
Biggest event in legal calendar may have extra frisson this year thanks to tensions over legal aid dispute.
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NewsLaw firm worker leads GB team in Euro basket finals
Shoosmiths’ own Craig Sharland leads the Great Britain over 35s team.
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NewsAdvice for the bar protest? Leave the Mulberry at home
Eight years ago, the media leapt on the fact that one barrister was pictured on the picket line holding a £1,100 bag.
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News'Not in my day': Ken sits pretty
Lord Clarke of Nottingham appeared utterly at ease as he fondly recalled his time as David Cameron’s lord chancellor.
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NewsDodge the rotting pheasants
Michael Simmons continues reminiscing about life as a newly qualified solicitor at the end of the 1950s.
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NewsDebating equality: student Pride moot
In the 1920s, the Gazette and Solicitors Journal routinely reported the results of law’s debating societies and student mooting competitions – a tradition that sadly ceased at some point.