I have been away. My timing is not always good. It was not until I paid my third visit to Rome that the authorities removed the scaffolding from the front of St Peter’s allowing an uninterrupted view of the magnificent façade, and I never did see inside the cathedral in the Plaza Mayor in Cusco… Read More »
Software that sifts through millions of documents for relevant information gets the green light to replace human lawyers When you see such “Shock! Horror!” headlines many lawyers will throw up their hands in despair. They have just about come to terms with the idea that technology exists which, in appropriate circumstances, may shorten the time… Read More »
It has been a long time in the making! By April 2013, 14 years will have passed from the start of the Woolf reforms (Access to Justice) in April 1999 to the introduction of the Jackson reforms due to come into effect next year. There is much to be done and judges to be trained.… Read More »
I had hoped for a brief period of calm between the emotions caused by the gallant failure of Andy Murray to overcome the peerless Roger Federer and the onslaught Londoners will have to face shortly as the start of the Olympic Games approaches. Some hope! The gap, such as it is, has been filled by… Read More »
Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan of the US 7th District Court is shortly to retire. Those of you who remember her will recall that she is the judge in the “other” case involving an argument about how best to deal with discovery, by which I mean, not Judge Peck’s case of Da Silva, but Kleen Products… Read More »
It used to be commonplace to read in legal journals and the like, that the legal profession was either going to Hell in a handcart (sorry to use the phrase again so soon but it sums up what I mean brilliantly) or was careering towards a new Nirvana(here I go again) where the only side was… Read More »
Most people are at least vaguely familiar with the concept of a sheriff, either from watching too many westerns or possibly from the stories of Robin Hood and his ongoing battles with the then Sheriff of Nottingham. For a more accurate and current description of a sheriff, the High Sheriffs’ Association of England & Wales… Read More »
Now seemingly dated, the phrase “keeping up with the Joneses” was slang for the phenomenon described by certain snooty commentators who noticed that the occupants of houses in suburban streets appeared to be copying one another in the acquisition of the latest material goods. I say it seems outdated because the phenomenon is now so… Read More »
Many of you may have wondered what is actually involved in a project where lawyers decide to use some of the latest technology to help them and their clients make sense of a vast amount of data in a way which is relatively quick, straightforward, reliable and cost-effective? Further, I suspect that many people will have… Read More »
In two recent articles to which I have already referred, His Honour Judge Simon Brown QC, the judge in charge of the Mercantile Court in Birmingham, has sought to set out his views, (some might go so far as to say his tips) on what to expect from the new regime being introduced for disclosure… Read More »