I ought to be drafting a brief to Counsel that is needed tomorrow, and I will, I will, but as a distraction activity, it is time for the fall back post of every lazy blogger - a trawl through the search engine keyphrases log. Genuine search click throughs...
Art and copyright 2
Following on from this post, which suggested a strong incompatibility between contemporary art practices and copyright law in terms of the potential failure of copyright to cover some contemporary art, I'd like to take a quick look at the reverse - how...
Coming soon. Art and copyright 2
For anyone who gives the demotic simian's whatever, part 2 will be along in a while, possibly next weekend. As might reflections on some strange effects of homelessness law and a couple of very sub John Mortimer anecdotes on Counsel. Sorry. I've been...
This week I'm mostly not happy because…
trial bundles = last train home, repeatedly. Roll on digital documents. A quick PDF merge and auto index would spare a lot of time. It is at points like this I find myself thinking that surely there is a junior available to do this donkey work, until I...
In the red corner, art, in the blue corner, copyright.
For reasons unconnected with work, I have been taking a stroll through IP law lately, particularly copyright. As I mentioned before, my previous career was art related and, although I knew something of the history of copyright, I have been struck by what...
We apologise for the technical problems
Oh dear, oh dear. All it takes is for me to go away for few days (very pleasant, thank you for asking) and a corrupt mysql table makes the impressive edifice that is Nearly Legal collapse into a non-functional mess. It has taken a little while to restore it....
Road rage.
I was at Court the other day, waiting (and waiting and waiting) for a directions hearing. (always beg to be listed or at least called before the family cases). It was a possession day, so the place was crowded. In strutted/waddled two men, one older, with...
Spleen 1
Thanks to Tessa Shepperson for noticing this in yesterday's Times. Granted I haven't read any more of the report than this. Who knows, it may even have some interesting and useful insights or information to offer. But it seems unlikely. I'm not at all...
Know your usher.
Off to court tomorrow, standing in for a colleague. I'm quite looking forward to it. I haven't been for a few weeks as all my cases are on adjournment. An inner city County Court on a busy list day, a local authority possession day for instance, might seem...
Oh, for pity's sake
Vera Baird says she was wrong to say that judges are liberal wusses. Attorney General says 'ok that's all right then and some sentences are too lenient'. Who knew the bench would snap back? Meanwhile, the prisons will be as full as a commuter train in 12...
Sally Field
Nick Holmes at Binary Law has blogged me. Blimey. "Looks like it could be a good one ". No pressure then. I'm surprised, but then again, I suppose that there aren't so many UK legal blogs to enable a new one to be overlooked. I'm going to save more...
Hi, excuse the state of the place.
A bit barren and basic, I know, but I've just moved in. I'm still looking for the kettle in the boxes marked kitchen and we'll have to put up with the curtains that were there when I moved in for the moment. I *think* the tea cups are in the third box down.