Exceptions to the cab rank rule
In 25 years of practice, I never met a clerk who, if he or his master did not want a case, could not evade it.
It ends as it began
Richard Nelson, who applied for a trainee position after seeing an advert in the Gazette, retires after 42 years with the same firm.
Fighting 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.
Stamp duty sing-a-long
Conveyancing director ends a busy and stressful period on a positive note.
Remembering WH Smith’s short-lived legal detour
Back in 2011, the retail giant agreed to host 500 ‘legal access points’ - endorsed by Amanda Holden.
Unbearable damage
District judge’s sentencing remarks go worldwide.
Memory lane
Penalties for tax evasion enablers, panel politics, courtesy among solicitors and illegitimate persons: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Judicial quack down
In Ireland, Mr Justice Twomey delivered both barrels to a party being assisted by an unqualified litigation adviser.
No cracks in this bridge
Westminster reception celebrates Law Society's 200th anniversary.
On 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.
Morrish dynasty wraps up after a century
Senior partner's retirement marks end of an era at West Yorkshire firm.
Death row
‘This is an unusual probate claim in that the deceased says she is very much alive', reads the opening to a judgment published last week.
Tongue 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 ...
Reality bites
Is our lord chancellor’s honeymoon with the legal profession over?
Curtain descends on Brazil dam collapse hearing
Case has filled Court 15 of the Rolls Building for more than four months.
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.
Adoption case is set on stage
Play Too Many Books explores complexities of international adoption.
Is the billable hour bereft of life?
Perhaps the billable hour is not ‘bleedin’ deceased’, but merely ‘resting’?
Bums on seats
What to do in a packed courtroom with more bodies than seats?
Kershaw conundrum
LSB chair Alan Kershaw, who still had more than half of his four-year term to serve, steps down with immediate effect.
