Obiter – Page 76
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News'Cancel the holiday - I've got insurance figures to exploit'
Our justice secretary is able to reap the benefits of policies not even enacted yet.
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NewsFreedom (not) to choose
Obiter is delighted to note that Dominic Raab’s appointment as Brexit secretary brings the total of ex-solicitors sitting around the Cabinet table to three.
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NewsHMCTS loses its bottle
The latest in our series of court security blunders comes from barrister Adam Wagner.
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NewsCheshire pair bring up century
Partners at HHB Law in Altrincham have now clocked up a hugely impressive combined 100 years.
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NewsFamily chief's judicial 'transmission'
Judges cannot comment on government policy. So you'll have to read their mind instead.
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NewsFlying visitors
The mildewed window frames of Obiter Towers were set rattling on their hinges last Wednesday as 100 aircraft roared low over legal London.
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NewsSemi detached
Talking of corporate gigs, Obiter’s garland for maladroit scheduling has a new owner.
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NewsCriminal justice under the cosh
I was at a conference held by the University of York on ‘Imagining the Impossible’ recently when someone in the audience asked how long it would be before the criminal justice system broke down.
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NewsTom Watson next in line for lawyers' Twitter backlash
Deputy leader of the Labour Party and shadow culture secretary Tom Watson MP received a nasty bite today from the social media snake pit after an ill-advised tweet. Watson, picking up on last night’s game of cabinet musical chairs, decided it was time for a spot of political point-scoring - ...
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NewsNaked truth puts nudes in a mood
It’s rare that Obiter quotes legal advice from the British Naturism organisation.
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NewsFleeting memories of Pepys
Full marks to HM Courts & Tribunals Service for its sense of history in picking Salisbury Square.
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NewsThe secret’s out
The tiresome practice of setting up websites with addresses coincidentally resembling those of well-known brands shows no sign of dying out.
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NewsFootball's coming home - to Southgate Solicitors
Any law firm worth its salt should be capitalising in some way on England’s unlikely progress in the World Cup. For north London outfit Southgate Solicitors, which shares a name with the team’s unassuming but popular manager Gareth of that ilk, things are much easier. Hasan Hadi ...
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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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