For those of you who haven’t cast their net too wide into the online world of law resources, be aware of the regular Blawg Reviews, in which guest editors present a round-up of all that’s new on law blogs around the globe. In these days when Lexis and Westlaw push their bills ever higher, everyone [...]
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Those of you who enjoyed my post 18 months ago on celebrity egotist, hypocrite and pregnant-chef sacker Trudie Styler might have been wondering what she’s been up to since. Don’t worry! The wickedly ascerbic Marina Hyde of the Guardian’s Lost in Showbiz will give you a run down: To those of you who have written asking, “Can [...] Legal Action Group magazine has an interesting article on Legal Disciplinary Partnerships in which it derides the Law Gazette for playing one-upmanship with the Bar on their relative speed of reform to meet the changing world of legal service provision, and at the same time criticises the bar for being so slow (h/t to Pink [...] Whether or not the Race Relations Act 1976 applies to membership of political parties is uncertain, hence the British National Party’s policy of refusing entry admit non-white members continues unchallenged for the moment. The Guardian reports that this may be challened However, as the somewhat-conflicted Daily Mail states, the main benefit that comes with its new [...] Charon QC references an article in the Law Gazette talking of a speech given by Lord Phillips on the rule of law. The rule of law is a concept poorly understood by most in our country, yet it underpins our constitution and civil liberties. Please read Charon’s excellent post. Lord Phillips, of course, couldn’t help but refer [...] Part of the lack of updates to this blog recently means I’m late reporting on a true employment law internet luminary reaching a real milestone. Daniel Barnett, barrister at 1 Temple Gardens, has been sending email employment law bulletins to just about everyone in the industry, from barristers to CIPD students, for ten years. And [...] It’s been a common view for a while that SRA regulation: is inappropriately one-size-fits-all, with the same requirements of High Street solo practices and of magic circle firms; Jordan Furlong’s Law 21 blog looks at a report produced by the Legal Services Policy Institute which contemplates complete [...] Most lawyers felt unease as they watched Harriet Harman tell Andrew Marr that: Sir Fred should not be counting on being £650,000 a year better off as a result of this because it’s not going to happen. The Prime Minister has said it’s not acceptable and therefore it will not be accepted. It might be enforceable [...] One of my colleagues in chambers had a case recently where the employer claimed to have completed and issued a proforma written warning in mid-2007. The employee claimed never to have seen the document before the tribunal proceedings. So how wonderful to arrive at the hearing of the claim, get the original document in the employer’s [...] Off topic, but I’m astounded by Spotify – all the music from most major labels streamed immediately, at no cost, and legally, to your desktop. Try it out while it still exists! https://www.spotify.com/en/ |
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