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#WithoutPrejudice 20 podcast: ABS and disruptives – Judicial advocacy assessment – Sun arrests – value of legal blogging

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Welcome to Without Prejudice.  On the panel tonight are regulars, Carl Gardner and David Allen Green and our guests Cat Griffiths, Editor of The Lawyer and Nichola Higgins, a practising barrister and former Chair of The Young Barristers Committee. We have five main topics for discussion - ABS and disruptives Oaths in court Judicial Advocacy [...]

Law Review (#1): 2 / 16th February 2012

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“The House of Commons starts its proceedings with a prayer. The chaplain looks at the assembled members with their varied intelligence and then prays for the country.” Lord Denning WEEKLY LAW REVIEW PART II With ‘militant secularism’ in the news (whatever ‘militant secularism’ means), unelected  Bishops being difficult in the Lords, rebellion from some Christians [...]

Law Review (#1): 1 / 14th February 2012

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“I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION.  I DON’T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.“ Groucho Marx In the seven or so years I have been blogging, since July 2006 on WordPress, I have read many law blogs from this country, the United States, [...]

#WithoutPrejudice 19 podcast: The Leveson Inquiry and The Twitter Joke Trial appeal

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1. The Leveson Inquiry 2. Twitter Joke Trial appeal On the panel tonight -  Carl Gardner, David Allen Green, Dr Evan Harris and Charon QC Listen to the podcast Useful reading: David Allen Green:  Twitter Joke Trial: the case stated by Doncaster Crown Court Carl Gardner: Today’s “Twitter joke” appeal hearing Francis FitzGibbon QC : [...]

Press Announcement: Muttley Dastardly LLP take on the new world of legal services with *Lawyerborg 2.0*

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PRESS RELEASE In just seven days Dr Erasmus Strangelove, senior partner of Muttley Dastardly LLP, will reveal Lawyerborg 2.0 – 20% paralegal 80% machine with no inbuilt soul issues. Dr Erasmus Strangelove said today in Dubai: “We believe that our new creation will transform the way legal services are delivered in the United Kingdom.  We [...]

Doctors advise only one glass of wine a day?!

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Hat Tip to @Old_Holborn for the link to this pic.  I have seen it before – but it continues to make me laugh.  Monday has not been brilliant – managed to sprain my ankle after slipping on icy slush. I may have a large glass tonight!

Lawcast 201: Antonin Pribetic on twitter, social media generally and legal services

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Lawcast 201:  Antonin Pribetic on twitter, social media generally and legal services Today I am talking to Canadian lawyer and blogger Antonin Pribetic about social media:  twitter, blogging and legal marketing. The Trial Warrior blog Listen to the podcast *** And…thank you to Cassons For Counsel,  Justgodirect.co.uk and  David Phillips & Partners Solicitors , Contact [...]

#WithoutPrejudice podcast 18: Legal education – Human Rights left wing twaddle? – Assange extradition

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1. Is the state too weak, too powerful or just right? 2. Why do we need universities? 3. Are human rights left wing twaddle?  and 4.   Commentary on the Assange extradition appeal in the UK Supreme Court after two days of argument before the Justices 5.  Barristers facing financial problems because of government inefficiency [...]

O sole mio…. give it to me… we need a bail out…. in Italy… Camcorderdirect meets Italy PM

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Apropos of nothing… but my Word du Jour is… *Crepuscular*… adjective. 1. of, pertaining to, or resembling twilight; dim; indistinct….. – That is all  

For legal regulators who take twitter too seriously: My Xmas podcast with a fictional lawyer called @Geeklawyer

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For legal regulators and others  who take twitter too seriously:  My podcast with a fictional lawyer called @Geeklawyer Listen to the podcast:  A surreal and most enjoyable chat with a fellow parodist…. I did this a couple of years ago – when everyone knew that @Geeklawyer was a satirist…. but hadn’t turned themselves into Sherlocks [...]

Prime Minister Camcorderdirect – The Fisherman of our times?

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Muttley Dastardly LLP: Abusus non tollit usum… Abuse of a right does not invalidate use

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The Partners of Muttley Dastardly LLP meet in closed session each Friday at 10.00 am.  Following the unfortunate departure from the firm of managing partner Matt Muttley in the summer of 2011, Dr Erasmus Strangelove has taken over the leadership of the firm as CEO and Senior Partner. A transcript of Dr Strangelove’s speech follows…. [...]

Rive Gauche: A Command Performance from a Barrister now disbarred for unprofessional behaviour on twitter.

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A Command Performance…. Court News reports: “A barrister who called opposing lawyers ‘slimebags’ in a series of insulting tweets from court was today (Thurs) thrown out of the profession.  David Harris was wrongly acting for an internet piracy company he owned. He bragged that ‘whoring and drinking’ would begin after he finished the trial and [...]

Law Review – a new weekly look at law and lawyers…..

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From next week – I’ll be publishing a very detailed weekly review about law and lawyers…with some arts matters which have caught my eye. I’m not sure what day – but it is likely to be Fridays. (a) Professional news from Law Society / Bar / Ilex (b) Legal Education news (c) Podcast with a [...]

Sponsored guest post: “Is it more difficult for women with mesothelioma to claim compensation?

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“Is it more difficult for women with mesothelioma to claim compensation? BY John Pickering and Partners LLP At a National Lung Cancer conference 3 or 4 years ago, a solicitor speaker was asked whether it was worth women with mesothelioma making a claim.  The obvious answer to that is ‘yes, of course,’ but the questioner [...]