All Obiter articles
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News'Hotshot' hair and the spare
Press photographers camped outside the side entrance to the Royal Courts of Justice this week, to catch a glimpse of Prince Harry.
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NewsExhibition showcases frontline lawyers
'On the Front Line for Justice', in the Law Society library, is open until 20 March.
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NewsBrooklyn Beckham bombshell takes a legal turn
Have David and Victoria instructed solicitors over their estranged son? Er, no.
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NewsMessing about in boats
January is a time for sailors to check if their oilskins still fit them ahead of a busy 2026 season for the Law Society Yacht Club.
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NewsOut with the old
Hardly a mystery worthy of Endeavour Morse, but a minor dispute has emerged over which law firm can lay claim to being the oldest in Oxfordshire.
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NewsWho’s better, who’s best
Hoary debate about the relative status of solicitors and barristers – and whether there is a hierarchy – reared up again this week.
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NewsPut your trust in juries – not Lammy
Abolishing juries will result in another crack in the social fabric.
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NewsSearing Sumption treads the boards
Can democracy survive? Jonathan Sumption will let you know in person if you have a couple of hours to spare this week.
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NewsBlind panic on Dartmoor
The curse of 1980s sitcom Yes Minister strikes the Ministry of Justice.
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NewsBarrister Hugo meets his legal match on Traitors
It was pure gold for the watching lawyers to see two legal minds effectively try to convince the jury of their case at the roundtable.
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NewsIt's over: end of the road for 'Divorce Day'
Data shows no spike in enquiries on first Monday of the New Year.
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NewsBarrister goes rogue on new series of The Traitors
Regulatory and financial sanctions specialist Hugo Lodge, 51, describes himself as a 'psychopathic teddy bear'.
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NewsThe Master and Margate Pier
Obiter Productions presents a tale from a distant country in a far-off time (with apologies to Bulgakov).
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NewsDouble trouble on dream dates
Some years ago, I tried to appear in two different courts on the same morning.
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NewsLet it flow, let it flow, let it flow
The ship of state leaks from the top, reputedly. But this week’s liquid effusions seem to be more cock-up than conspiracy.
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NewsLeft out in the cold
On a glacial Tuesday evening, it took an hour to gain entry to a reception honouring Law for Change, an organisation which funds public interest legal cases.