All Obiter articles – Page 13
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NewsMulling 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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NewsAh 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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NewsThe mother of all pay rises
Gazette columnist Mother in Law helps a reader get the salary they deserve.
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NewsThe Taxpayer remains anonymous - for now
Appeal judgment backing principle of open justice has a last-minute plot twist.
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NewsNew 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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NewsSpeeding Welsh motorists get a brake
People ‘genuinely confused’ about nation’s controversially ubiquitous 20mph speed limit will not be prosecuted.
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NewsMass media finally joins Post Office Inquiry bandwagon
A better class of biscuit was on offer at the public inquiry yesterday.
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NewsMemory lane
Referral fees, excess expense and handbags and gladrags: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsSails 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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NewsAttack 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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NewsAn honest crust(acean)
Still feeling peckish after the holidays? Here's a recipe (first catch your lobster).
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NewsRCJ welcomes 'special VIP'
Surprise visit from King Charles explains mystery over courtroom musical chairs.
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NewsCautionary tales for Christmas
James Morton finds some grim seasonal episodes in the legal archives.
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NewsObiter special: The snows of Carey Street
Obiter Productions presents a short story (with apologies to Papa Hemingway)
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NewsSRA 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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NewsMartyn won’t be calling it a Day
Obiter ventured north on the West Coast main line to celebrate the opening of high-profile firm Leigh Day’s human rights department in Manchester.
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NewsAttack and defence as MP savages CILEX
Obiter braved freezing temperatures on Tuesday to head to committee room 15 in the Palace of Westminster, where representatives of the Bar Council, Bar Standards Board, CILEX and CILEx Regulation were grilled by the Commons justice select committee on regulation of the legal professions.
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NewsShuja scoops lifetime achievement award
Lubna Shuja, immediate past president of the Law Society, picked up a lifetime achievement award at the Asian Legal Awards at a glittering ceremony in central London last Saturday.