From the monthly archives:

July 2008

Justice -v- Legality

by jolyonpatten on July 30, 2008

[Warning: No reinsurance content] There’s a difference between the two, of course.  Today, it rather looks as if justice took a back seat to ‘legality’ in the Lords. First, they approved the extradition of computer hacker and self-styled ‘bumbling computer nerd’ Gary Mackinnon to the US.  Officials there are said to wish to see him ‘fry’, though on [...]

GM the new asbestosis?

by jolyonpatten on July 4, 2008

A suitably alarmist headline for a blog post, and well in the tradition of lawyers (and insurers) doom-mongering so that you will buy their services… However, there is some evidence that GM foods may be less than beneficial to one’s health: Research by the Russian Academy of Sciences released in December 2005 found that more than half [...]

Court bundle admin

by jolyonpatten on July 4, 2008

Court bundle.jpg Originally uploaded by Jolyon A quick observation on Court practice. From a recent case I was on, though I’ve thought of this before (and forgotten to note it). The Judge often had 3 or 4 bundles open on his desk at one time, and was frequently being referred by Counsel to one, then [...]

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