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News‘My kingdom for a JR’: Richard III spooks Faulks
More than 500 years later Richard III still seems to be causing trouble for Her Majesty’s Government.
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NewsDon't mention the Aprilscherz
VW discovers that lawyers don't necessarily have a sense of humour.
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NewsArticles and my room with a view
Not all staff had their own room or even desk at the suburban office where I was to be articled.
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NewsDefra’s who’s who
Mystery surrounds Whitehall’s submissions to the Independent Review of Administrative Law.
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NewsDe mortuis nihil nisi bonum
Once upon a time, an obituary of a High Court judge in The Times would have been an exercise in deference.
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NewsA Nightingale court fit for the 19th century
Barracks block fails the social distancing test, among others.
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NewsLawyers fact checking again on Line of Duty return
Solicitor was awake, alive and apparently not corrupt. Which is a start.
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NewsPink string and smokes: articling in the 80s
Readers’ memories of serving articles have now entered a fourth decade, with Melanie Benn’s recollections of joining ‘a very large South Yorkshire firm’ in 1989.
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NewsAnyone for post-pandemic rugger and netball?
More great news for athletic types: the Law Society RFC 7s & Netball Tournament is back and with a year’s worth of pent up demand, the organisers are looking forward to another record-breaking year.
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NewsTracksuit bottoms the rig of the day as QC appointment letters arrive by email
New silks promised an in-person ceremony later in the year.
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NewsCanadian litigant complains judge didn’t make him a sandwich
‘At a certain point, enough is enough’ - even for the Ontario Court of Appeal.
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NewsHaunted by typewriters
Russell Conway recalls joining Oliver Fisher Solicitors in Notting Hill in 1977.
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NewsA solicitor general is not just for Christmas
Lucy Frazer's 77 days as the attorney general's deputy in 2019 isn't a record for brevity.
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NewsAmbitious Toon lawyers show footballers the way
Newcastle United have recently become renowned for an often unadventurous approach. The same can not be said for the club’s lawyers.
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NewsCome cruising with the Society
Lockdown weary? How about a summer cruise to the Scillies with the Law Society Yacht Club?
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NewsDyche’s beef doesn’t pass muster
You would probably not want Burnley FC manager Sean Dyche banging on your door demanding to make a complaint.
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NewsGraveside vigil – just another day learning the ropes
Fond and not so fond memories of the days of articled clerking continue to arrive.