Archive for December, 2011

Weekend video: ‘Rumpole: Law vs Justice’

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December 31, 2011   Posted in: Video  No Comments

St Paul’s Cathedral protest camp deadline passes

If they havenā€™t left already, protesters outside St Paulā€™s Cathedral may now face court action. Many did leave in time of course but as they did so they raised their hands in a silent scream and maintained a minuteā€™s silence. The land owned by the church does not fall under the time limit as it [...]

December 30, 2011   Posted in: News  No Comments

Lord Tebbit in bid to save legal aid in children’s negligence cases

Minister Lord Tebbit is one of a group of peers who are trying to save legal aid for childrenā€™s medical negligence cases. It is under threat thanks to a proposed cost-cutting move which is aimed at saving Ā£350 million by removing legal aid from all clinical negligence cases as well as areas such as debt, [...]

December 29, 2011   Posted in: News  No Comments

Mary Portas says that planning laws should be changed

Supermarkets should be forced to build in town centres according to retail expert and presenter of Mary Queen of Shops Mary Portas. This would, she argues, help ensure that retail developers build in town centres instead of on the edge of town or out in the countryside. When formulating its new planning guidelines, she wants [...]

December 28, 2011   Posted in: News  No Comments

Book recommendation: ‘Wig Begone’ by Charles Courtley

Wig Begone is an exhilarating tale of Charles’ early career with disaster often lurking round the corner and culminating in his own appearance in front of England’s most notorious judge! Available from Amazon.co.uk Share this article:

December 28, 2011   Posted in: Books  No Comments

Grinch Lawyer Syndrome?

What the client wants for Christmas and why ā€œBrand,Youā€ will always trump ā€œBrand,Firm.ā€ This article was first published in the Law Society Gazette 23rd December 2011 and is reproduced by kind permission. As Christmas comes but once a year, Iā€™d like to share with you now a simple verse: ‘And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet [...]

December 25, 2011   Posted in: News  No Comments

Weekend video: ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’

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December 24, 2011   Posted in: Video  No Comments

Minister blames courts for releasing foreign criminals

They should be being deported back to their home countries but instead 3,500 foreign criminals are being released from jail onto the streets. Immigration minister Damian Green has levelled criticism at judges following new figures which show that nine out of ten overseas criminals should have been sent home but are currently at large in [...]

December 23, 2011   Posted in: News  No Comments

Mutant flu sets off terrorism fear

A medical team at Rotterdamā€™s Erasmus Medical Centre say that they have developed a mutant version of the deadly bird flu virus H5N1 and that it is contagious among humans. “In a laboratory, it was possible to change the H5N1 into a virus… that can easily be spread through the air. This process (mutation) could [...]

December 22, 2011   Posted in: News  No Comments

Adverse Possession is here to stay

It is indeed paradoxical that in a country ruled by various laws and legislations Adverse Possession (AP) thrives and there seems no end in sight to this quagmire. AP as we all know is the illegal occupation of land owned by someone else and gradually acquiring ownership of it to the exclusion of the landowner. [...]

December 21, 2011   Posted in: Property Law  No Comments