The Last Straw
I remember a time when law firms were at pains to make it clear that they did not accept service of proceedings by fax unless specific arrangements had been made in advance. Doubtless many firms still...
View ArticleKing Charles I and the Twitterati
I hope you have not been put off by the title above and that you will read a little further! There is only a little bit of history to come but last week we may have seen a significant event to rival...
View ArticleWhat is life?
What is life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare? Most of us rarely have time to look at the great buildings which surround our places of work or rest. W. H. Davies thought that life...
View ArticleExecuted by tweet
It was just a wooden chair! There was nothing remarkable about it until one realised that the padding at the sides consisted of cushions piled on top of one another and strapped together and that...
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A duck’s a duck
Lawyers are used to logical thinking and reasoning. After all, most of them will know the duck test: if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck....
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John Wayne never had to put up with this
Two Red Indian braves are pictured standing on a rocky outcrop looking over a scrubby cactus strewn expanse of desert towards the horizon where four puffs of smoke rise steadily in procession towards...
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Minority report
I am now in a minority in my own country! Some people would say I have been heading that way for some time! However, it is now official. If you are a fan of Tom Cruise, or possibly Samantha Morton, you...
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A leap into the unknown
We push the youngest member of our team Bridie Sheldon into writing a blog… about blogging. Imagine you have just thrown yourself off a bridge. You are plummeting ever nearer and nearer to the ground...
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Twit, twittle, twit. The long view of e-disclosure
There is a view often expressed that the law is failing to keep up with developments in technology. You only have to read the papers (if anyone still does) or read what people are saying on a myriad of...
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How many is a billion?
How many is a billion? Everyone knows the answer. Or do they? Does it actually matter? The official answer is that what we in England used to know as a billion has been downgraded. Is this just another...
View ArticleParis Blue
Authors often say they experience difficulty in deciding on a title for their scribblings. Naming a film, book or poem can pose problems, although sometimes the answer is obvious. Think about Jane...
View ArticleGood news and bad
Do you want the good news or the bad news? It is not always easy to decide! As is so often the case, there has been both good news and bad in the past few weeks, so let’s start with the bad news in the...
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