Only one reader correctly guessed who would be the new lord chancellor. Congratulations Dave, a non-solicitor of Witney, Oxfordshire, for predicting Michael Gove. (Prize currently distrained pending a stewards’ inquiry.)
Other readers came up with, in rough order of popularity, Sadiq Khan, Shailesh Vara, Keir Starmer, Yvette Cooper and Harriet Harman. But one reader was nearly right with: ‘Grayling might be the only one left after everyone else has said no!’
I don’t think I ever encountered a professional alibi witness, but I certainly knew a man who was a professional mitigator.
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Litigation executive Darryl Barnes retires 44 years after first stepping through the doors at Leamington Spa firm Blythe, Owen George & Co.
Obiter was intrigued to read the minutes for last month’s SRA board meeting.
Final episode of US sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm plays out in a courtroom.
Courts fees increase, the race to the bar and illegitimate persons: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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