“A precedent embalms a principle.” Benjamin Disraeli’s quip should appeal to all free thinking people. After all, as the American philosopher R. Buckminster Fuller once said: “People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things.” Most people have a fondness for tradition. It is what… Read More »
“The adage that dead men tell no tales has long been disproved by archaeology… So begins a fascinating article in the magazine Science Daily – Teeth Of Columbus’ Crew Flesh Out Tale Of New World Discovery 20th March, 2009 We are all familiar with television cold case programmes, such as Waking the Dead where Trevor Eve and… Read More »
I suppose it was always going to happen. If something seems too good to be true, then it probably is! This is not a moan of “the glass is half full” variety but a realisation that in almost every sphere, the law, and often it is law made by our lovely European masters, sorry partners,… Read More »
Some of the new building continuing around London and particularly in the City is going to give London a new skyline. Take a look at the Shard going up near London Bridge and you will see what I mean. I actually rather like London’s understated skyline. Walk over any of the bridges over the Thames… Read More »
If someone could come up with a solution to the problem of how to deal with everything which has piled up during an absence from the office on holiday, I suspect they would be very popular. Indeed if they could bottle it and sell it they would undoubtedly make a fortune! In the ever moving… Read More »
Holidays are a wonderful institution!! Apart from enjoying unbroken sunshine, temperatures in the high 80s to low 90s, warm seas and gentle Mediterranean breezes, I found myself, between meals, while slowly roasting on a flat rock off the north coast of Menorca, thinking about Justice. Nothing abstract here, but it is a quality which means… Read More »
I make no apology for returning once again to the subject of Legal Process Outsourcing or LPO as it is colloquially known. The phenomenon is also known as Legal Services Outsourcing or LSO, making both sound like performances from the Royal Albert Hall rather than the relatively new process of instructing foreign lawyers to carry… Read More »
In the June 24th edition of The Economist there appeared an article entitled “Passage to India”. This was not a reference to the E M Forster story written in the 1920s, which uses the trial of Doctor Aziz accused of raping Adela Quested on a visit to the Marabar caves to produce a trenchant commentary on… Read More »
Now that the Government has told us what price is to be paid for the years of Labour profligacy and its impact on our incomes, our pensions, our taxes and our futures, it is hard to decide where to start. Should it be the demand from Europe that George Osborne should let the Commission or the… Read More »
History is a wonderful thing and I am constantly amazed at how much of it appears to be a matter of chance. There are numerous examples. For instance, I have come across the attached piece published by the Education Forum. I reproduce it in full, typos and all! A significant event marking the international relations… Read More »