Autolycus, in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, is described as a roguish peddler, vagabond and pickpocket who steals the Clown’s purse, pilfers a lot, but ultimately helps the lovers Perdita and Florizel to escape. Autolycus describes himself as a “snapper up of unconsidered trifles” – a description that can be applied to me as I squirrel… Read More: A snapper up of unconsidered trifles »
Which is the odd one out in the list below? There’s no place like ASDA You shop, we drop Your M&S Law firm goes public Buy one get one free – (BOGOF) Every little helps! Like all good quiz questions, there is a catch. In fact, there is no odd one out. They are all… Read More: Supermarket Law »
If you are a political junkie, the past few weeks have been exhilarating. Messrs Cleese, Idle, Palin et al could not have made it up! In a few short days, we have moved from a tired, outdated, enfeebled ragbag of New Labour politicians with nothing but sarcasm and invective to offer to the first peace… Read More: And now for something completely different »
The 1970s was the decade we all like to forget. Amongst many dubious inventions, I have had reason to recall recently the TV series called Fantasy Island. The owner charged wealthy individuals $50,000 each to come to the island and live out their fantasies. Pretty well all the fantasies were unlikely. I suppose that is… Read More: Fantasy island »
I very much doubt that Ben Elton would find the contents of last week’s meeting of the Commercial Litigation Forum to be suitable material for an episode of Blackadder! My brief report on the subjects raised was in my post last week entitled “Litigating in the 21st Century“. Many of you will be familiar with… Read More: A cunning plan »
Hunca Munca and Tom Thumb were two bad mice. Beatrix Potter conceived the story of how they both created mayhem in the dolls’ house belonging to Lucinda and Jane, while the dolls were out in their pram. When the little girl who owns the dolls’ house discovers the mess, she gets a doll dressed up… Read More: Of mice and men »
What is life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare? Most of us rarely have time to look at the great buildings which surround our places of work or rest. W. H. Davies thought that life was not worth having if you could not enjoy a good gawp in a… Read More: What is life? »
Chris Dale begins his report Millnet offer £10,000 of e-Discovery services for free with Virgil’s phrase, “Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes” which is commonly, if loosely, translated as “beware of Greeks bearing gifts.” If you have been abreast of recent economic developments, you will know that the Greeks are unlikely to be bearing any gifts for… Read More: Why look a gift horse in the mouth? »
Many readers (and we have had a dramatic increase since the start of the year) will recall that my modest hope for 2010 was that there would be more strategic thought during the litigation process than is often apparent when we are called in to assist. Frankly, not a lot of strategic thought can be… Read More: Readiness is next to godliness »
Fresh from the mauling the Chilcot inquisitors suffered recently at the hands of Tony Blair, the former PM would doubtless wish to offer a similarly spirited and robust defence of his 1996 speech when campaigning for the return of a Government of New Labour, in which he asserted that the three main priorities for government… Read More: Education, education, errm… »