One thing I learned from my recent trip to Zimbabwe is that it is safe and welcoming, at any rate for tourists. Many people have expressed surprise at my destination, mainly on the grounds of a probably misplaced perception that the place is inherently unstable and unsafe. The picture below shows a scene of contented… Read More »
Judge Shira Scheindlin of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York has been at it again! Famous for her ground breaking judgments on e-discovery spoliation in the Zubulake and Montreal Pension plan cases, the judge has now delivered a third ruling on this subject. Law Technology News carried an article earlier this… Read More »
When David Miranda was stopped at Heathrow in transit to Brazil, the police detained him for the nine hours maximum allowed by the relevant anti-terrorist legislation. He was questioned about classified material on his laptop said to have been obtained from Edward Snowden, the whistleblower now kicking his heels in Russia in an attempt to escape inquiry and… Read More »
American friends of mine emailed from sunny Washington the other day to complain (if that is the right word) that they had been living and working in the UK for a number of years and that it was only after they left to go back to the US that we in England had what you might call… Read More »
We are clearly in the silly season! Or are we? At least one high profile person has their business head firmly screwed on. The tennis player Maria Sharapova is not one for bashfulness at the best of time. No one who grunts as she does, could ever be accused of shyness! Sharapova was reported recently to… Read More »
Once again we appear to have encountered a problem with email notifications to our subscribers. Many of you will see the posts anyway, either by logging onto the blog or by following us on Twitter where the links are always published but in case you have missed one or two posts, here are links to… Read More »
It is a reasonably sound bet that when former Chief Whip, Andrew Mitchell, attempted to leave Downing Street with his bicycle, he never expected to be forging new law a few months later. The story is, of course, well known. When trying to leave via the security gates, Mitchell became embroiled in an argument with… Read More »
CMCs are becoming more streamlined. I am sure this trend has been felt by litigants all around the country, but no more so than in Birmingham where His Honour Judge Simon Brown QC has published a new CMC notice, Case Management Conference Notice HHJ Simon Brown QC July 2013. The notice will be familiar to… Read More »