All Obiter articles – Page 66
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NewsFlying visitors
The mildewed window frames of Obiter Towers were set rattling on their hinges last Wednesday as 100 aircraft roared low over legal London.
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NewsSemi detached
Talking of corporate gigs, Obiter’s garland for maladroit scheduling has a new owner.
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NewsCriminal justice under the cosh
I was at a conference held by the University of York on ‘Imagining the Impossible’ recently when someone in the audience asked how long it would be before the criminal justice system broke down.
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NewsTom Watson next in line for lawyers' Twitter backlash
Deputy leader of the Labour Party and shadow culture secretary Tom Watson MP received a nasty bite today from the social media snake pit after an ill-advised tweet. Watson, picking up on last night’s game of cabinet musical chairs, decided it was time for a spot of political point-scoring - ...
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NewsThe secret’s out
The tiresome practice of setting up websites with addresses coincidentally resembling those of well-known brands shows no sign of dying out.
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NewsNaked truth puts nudes in a mood
It’s rare that Obiter quotes legal advice from the British Naturism organisation.
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NewsFleeting memories of Pepys
Full marks to HM Courts & Tribunals Service for its sense of history in picking Salisbury Square.
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NewsFootball's coming home - to Southgate Solicitors
Any law firm worth its salt should be capitalising in some way on England’s unlikely progress in the World Cup. For north London outfit Southgate Solicitors, which shares a name with the team’s unassuming but popular manager Gareth of that ilk, things are much easier. Hasan Hadi ...
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NewsClaims farmers
Radio 4’s The Archers runs its first ever legal services cross-selling storyline.
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NewsCautionary tale from Gold Coast
Family and migration lawyer Gisele Reid of Nyst Lawyers on Australia’s Gold Coast has sent me a cautionary tale.
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NewsLove Island's dumped solicitor highlights plight of legal aid
'Now I have a voice and have a large following I can make a difference,’ says newly qualified Rosie Williams in TV interview.
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NewsRoadshow and tell
A month ago, Obiter pointed out that HMCTS could perhaps do more to get its story straight.
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NewsGallery: Law Rocks! at the 100 Club
Battle of the legal bands gets legendary London venue jumping.
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NewsSolicitor Rosie closes her Love Island argument on Adam
The good news is she’s still in it. The bad news is she’s suffered heartbreak.
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NewsNothing Gauke-ward about a legal match
Lord chancellor leads a select XI against his neighbouring MP - who has a solicitor in the line-up.
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NewsLegal life on the ocean wave
Solicitors pitted their sailing skills against architects, barristers and MPs in the annual outing of the Law Society Yacht Club. The regatta featured races between classic 26-foot Mermaid-class keelboats operated by the Sea View Yacht Club on the Isle of Wight. The results were: First place – House of Commons ...
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NewsMinister quits out of the Blue
Obiter feels for soft-Tory thinktank Bright Blue. It teamed up last week with the Equality and Human Rights Commission to present an agenda-setting conference ‘Fighting for Freedom: Conservatism, human rights and discrimination’. The idea was to reclaim the debate on human rights from the left. Keynote speaker Phillip Lee MP, ...
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NewsAnd so it begins…
The World Cup is upon us, meaning a month of early finishes and web browsers quickly minimised whenever the boss walks past. Luckily, England games fall in the evening or at the weekend, so absenteeism should not be the problem it was in previous tournaments. But with 5,500 foreign lawyers ...