All Obiter articles – Page 75
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NewsMoJ’s word is its bond
The trouble with the ‘churn-rate’ at the very top of the Ministry of Justice is that ministers aren’t always around to take the credit for brilliant ideas when they prove right. So it is with the Cohort 2 trial (Peterborough) of ‘payment by results’ resettlement support scheme. MoJ research concludes ...
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NewsMemory lane
The Law Society Gazette, 2 August 2007 Senior judges fear threat to independence The chairman of the constitutional affairs select committee has slammed the government following a damning report on the Ministry of Justice’s creation. ‘What is at stake is something that is fundamental to our constitution,’ Alan Beith MP ...
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NewsSolicitor hangs after forgery
In 1789, Shropshire solicitor Thomas Phipps, his son Thomas Jnr and their clerk, 16-year-old William Thomas, went on trial at Shrewsbury Assizes for the capital offence of forgery. The victim was a Richard Coleman, once an excise officer and now an Oswestry publican. Phipps senior had leased two parcels of ...
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NewsCourts service action plan speaks volumes
Good to see that the courts service is getting the hang of the agile thinking which is so vital in our modern world. In its annual report, HMCTS records that permanent staff numbers are down by 1,800 in five years, as eye-watering cuts hit home. To fill the gaps, the ...
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NewsWell it's one for the money...
Does the Intellectual Property Office have any old rockers on its books? A hearing officer has ruled against Scottish brewery BrewDog in its trademark dispute with the estate of the late Elvis Aaron Presley, better known as The King. BrewDog, to promote its ‘Elvis Juice’ beer, applied to ...
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NewsMemory lane
The Law Society Gazette, 19 July 2007 Court dress parity Solicitor-advocates should finally be allowed to wear the same attire as barristers in court under proposals issued last week by the lord chief justice. Solicitor-advocates in criminal cases will be ‘permitted’ to wear wigs, wing collars and bands, but in ...
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NewsJailed financier's bolt for freedom
James Morton recalls De Courcy’s brief escape from custody.
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NewsOne of us: All smiles as Lidington courts top brass
The love-in between the new lord chancellor and the senior judiciary continues.
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NewsMemory lane
The Law Society Gazette, 5 July 2007 ABS drive is ‘threat’ to quality of advice Legal professionals fear that alternative business structures (ABSs) – a key element of the Legal Services Bill – will compromise the quality of legal advice, according to a report to be published this week. ...
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News‘Frankly Mr Shankly’ – goodbye Rex, King of Liverpool
Solicitor and columnist Rex Makin died last week
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