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Don’t drive my Carr
Dame Sue Carr’s appearance before the House of Commons justice select committee began with constitutional fireworks.
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Mulling over asylum strategy
In 2002, Blair thought asylum seekers might be sent to the Isle of Mull. Sixty years ago, the same idea was mooted for top-class criminals.
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Ah Mr Bond, we weren't expecting you
007 actor is accused of ‘foot travel in a thermal area and closure violation’.
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The mother of all pay rises
Gazette columnist Mother in Law helps a reader get the salary they deserve.
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The Taxpayer remains anonymous - for now
Appeal judgment backing principle of open justice has a last-minute plot twist.
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New chapter in the ballad of Reading Gaol
The prison that once housed Oscar Wilde has been up for sale since 2015.
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Speeding Welsh motorists get a brake
People ‘genuinely confused’ about nation’s controversially ubiquitous 20mph speed limit will not be prosecuted.
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Mass media finally joins Post Office Inquiry bandwagon
A better class of biscuit was on offer at the public inquiry yesterday.
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Memory lane
Referral fees, excess expense and handbags and gladrags: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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Sails pitch
Law Society Yacht Club plans for 2024 include an early season cross-channel cruise, a possible entry in the round-the-island race and a day’s dinghy sailing.
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Attack court is now secure - but we can’t know how
Milton Keynes County Court declines to reveal what improvements have been made following urgent review.
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An honest crust(acean)
Still feeling peckish after the holidays? Here's a recipe (first catch your lobster).
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RCJ welcomes 'special VIP'
Surprise visit from King Charles explains mystery over courtroom musical chairs.
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Cautionary tales for Christmas
James Morton finds some grim seasonal episodes in the legal archives.
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Obiter special: The snows of Carey Street
Obiter Productions presents a short story (with apologies to Papa Hemingway)
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SRA ducks and dives before depleted justice committee
Only four MPs turned up for the questioning of the Law Society and two regulators.
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Memory lane
2 December 2013 - Master of the Rolls Lord Dyson has issued a landmark costs ruling which sends a ‘clear message’ that non-compliance with Lord Justice Jackson’s civil costs regime will not be tolerated.