Tube passengers hammered
Latest sighting of an inappropriate gavel.
Stray barrister’s day at the races
I still think of barrister Billy Rees-Davies QC, rogue that he was, with great affection.
Fast worker
Alexander Morgan, partner at national firm Knights, races classic cars competitively.
SRA leaders face the music at annual conference
More than 1,000 compliance officers will be in Birmingham tomorrow.
Of mice and ministers
One-time junior barrister recalls days before digital evidence.
Judicious advice on chancellor churn
The loudest laughs at David Lammy's swearing-in as lord chancellor yesterday went to quips by the lady chief justice, Lammy himself and attorney general Richard Hermer - though not necessarily in that order.
Here’s looking at you, lady chief justice
Portrait of Baroness Carr to hang in Inner Temple.
In case of an emergency
Regular Gazette readers will recall that the SRA went all ‘Edith Piaf’ over Axiom Ince and the missing millions.
Memory lane
Law Society Gazette,
Emotions run high over Letby documentary
Invited to a preview screening of the new documentary Conviction: The Case of Lucy Letby, Obiter expected to watch in an environment of sombre silence. In fact, it was not long before screen 1 of the Curzon Soho cinema heard the first shout of ‘nonsense’.
Lawyer set for small screen portrayal
ITV’s latest blockbuster drama The Hack, which premiers tonight, will have one particularly avid lawyer viewer amongst the millions tuning in.
When legal aid boosted divorce
Back when legal aid became readily available for divorce cases, discontented wives who had married young realised they no longer had to put up with disagreeable husbands.
Pastures new
Junior lawyer Sam Fawcett has handy inside knowledge to bring to Cumbria firm Cartmell Shepherd.
Sacred text memorialises criminal defender
Family, friends and colleagues of Julian Young, a criminal defence ‘stalwart’ who died in 2021, gathered at Islington Town Hall in London last Sunday to witness the inauguration of a new Torah Scroll.
Real life, not just fantasy
Some City lawyers watching the finale of last weekend’s Last Night of the Proms may have spotted a familiar face singing Bohemian Rhapsody.
Memory lane
Fixed fees for crime work, Enduring Powers of Attorney Act and the first woman to sit on the High Court bench: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Water way to raise money
Dispute resolution partner at City firm takes on a solo swim across the English Channel.
John Eddowes, the polymath of Carey Street
Obiter was saddened to learn of the death of one of the great characters of legal London.
Banking on damage limitation
When HMCTS really wants to fix a bit of damage to its estate, it moves at a blazing pace.
'The best ****ing night of our lives'
Following on from the park baseball boys (1 August), I did defend other brothers who were a bit more venal. They lived near the old cinema in the Caledonian Road, which seemed to show endless Randolph Scott double bills. It was also conveniently near Pentonville Prison, from which another client, ...
