Set in post apocalyptic America now called Panem, Hunger Games is the first book in a trilogy by Suzanne Collins recently made into a film. The plot is complicated but a synopsis can be found in Wikipedia. For present purposes, Panem consists of Capitol, a rich and powerful city and 12 districts under its firm… Read More »
Charles Holloway wonders whether offering the “key to the warehouse” promises a better choice of menu when it comes to reducing the costs of civil litigation. Some time ago, I recall having a somewhat unedifying row with a waiter at a restaurant in Naples, Italy as the Americans would say (presumably so as not to confuse it with… Read More »
If you can tear yourselves away for a moment from the grim headlines in the newspapers of tumbling stock markets and idiots rioting in the streets, you will know that I believe one of the major barriers to engaging lawyers in the use of appropriate technology is the widespread use of “technospeak.” It seems obvious to… Read More »
In 1807 England was at war with Napoleon. In the graveyard of St Laurence’s Parish Church in Stroud, Gloucestershire a plain stone carries the inscription: Here lie the remains of Lieutenant Joseph Francis Delmont, of His Majesty’s 82nd Regiment, born November 25, 1785, died August 18, 1807. On August 14th 1807 Delmont and Lieutenant Benjamin… Read More »
Latin phrases used to be an important part of a lawyer’s armoury, if only to confuse those without a classical education into believing that a mundane set of words must be important because of the solemnity with which they were intoned. Doubtless this also justified instructing a lawyer and a fee as the ordinary person… Read More »
A Salutary Tale of Disclosure Obligations Not everything in this blog is intended to be light hearted, as I found myself saying the other day. A kindly soul who had expressed approval of and interest in the blog had caused me to explain that there was intended to be a partly serious side to my… Read More »
As the English cricket season draws to a disappointing close, with the Aussies hammering England in the One Day Internationals and taking some (but certainly not all) of the gloss off winning the Ashes, I found I had nothing better to do but to turn my mind to the CPR! (For the non lawyers among… Read More »