Obiter – Page 2
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NewsFighting talk
Hopes for a debate between the AG and his opposite number on their widely divergent visions of the rule of law received a boost last week.
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NewsStamp duty sing-a-long
Conveyancing director ends a busy and stressful period on a positive note.
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NewsRemembering WH Smith’s short-lived legal detour
Back in 2011, the retail giant agreed to host 500 ‘legal access points’ - endorsed by Amanda Holden.
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NewsMemory lane
Penalties for tax evasion enablers, panel politics, courtesy among solicitors and illegitimate persons: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsJudicial quack down
In Ireland, Mr Justice Twomey delivered both barrels to a party being assisted by an unqualified litigation adviser.
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NewsOn course to find your feet
In the 1960s young solicitors who wanted to do a bit of advocacy were thrown in at the deep end.
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NewsMorrish dynasty wraps up after a century
Senior partner's retirement marks end of an era at West Yorkshire firm.
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NewsTongue tied
SQE fees for 2025/26 will increase by 2.3% ‘to reflect inflation, plus a small additional uplift towards the cost of translating the assessments into Welsh’, the SRA confirmed this week. Let’s hope the investment yields a tangible reward. According to the SQE independent reviewer’s annual report for 2024, no one ...
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NewsCurtain descends on Brazil dam collapse hearing
Case has filled Court 15 of the Rolls Building for more than four months.
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Memory lane
Cutting in-house red tape, the bar’s post-Clementi shake-up, relations with estate agents and the Industry Bill: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsAdoption case is set on stage
Play Too Many Books explores complexities of international adoption.
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NewsIs the billable hour bereft of life?
Perhaps the billable hour is not ‘bleedin’ deceased’, but merely ‘resting’?
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NewsKershaw conundrum
LSB chair Alan Kershaw, who still had more than half of his four-year term to serve, steps down with immediate effect.
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NewsCanadian society faces million dollar questions
Law Society of Ontario changes its mind over 50% salary increase to chief executive.
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