A little time out…

I am not on vacation - god forbid that anyone should think that! I am, as it happens, fairly busy - but I will be back tomorrow and over the weekend.. I am getting blawgalgia - a rare medicial condition involving withdrawal symptoms from not being able to blawg.

Umpire Charon demands £1800 from The CCC…

Today, in a bizarre twist of fate, a local cricket club umpire has been accused of tampering with the ball by The Chiswick Cricket Club (’The CCC’). Fiction can be stranger than truth and at a time when the ICC is beset with problems over Umpire Hair’s decision in the 4th England v Pakistan cricket [...]

Bank Holiday Special…

” Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.”
It is, of course, the first verse of a poem by W H Auden made better known by Four Weddings and a Funeral - but [...]

Greed cameras…

According to the The Mirror - Essex Police are having problems with the locals who have risen in revolt at the proliferation of Speeding cameras. They have taken to ‘modifying’ the signs by taping over ‘Speed’ with ‘Greed’. Police have been told to ‘crack down’ hard on offenders - but so far [...]

Something for the weekend, Sir?…

There is, of course, absolutely no truth in this news cutting, but the thought appealed to me as I wasted yet another few hours trying to speak to people on the phone. I fear that all are departing for the long weekend - heading, perhaps to the shires, the coast or even as far as [...]

A bit quiet today…

Having foregone the pleasures of a holiday for some years, I am re-charging my batteries by taking a few half days off over the next three days to ease myself into the final Bank holiday before Christmas. In any event…it has been a complete waste of time trying to do any business [...]

Bringing the game into disrepute…

“In summertime village cricket is the delight of everyone. Nearly every village has its own cricket field where the young men play and the old men watch. In the village of Lintz in County Durham they have their own ground, where they have played these last 70 years. They tend it well. The wicket area [...]

It was a very secure flight…

The use of Churchill’s wartime image by Ryanair ‘to keep Britain Flying’ which has appeared in various newspapers in recent days - has, clearly, led to a counter-attack from other airlines.  These passengers solved the problem of delays at UK airports by having no hand baggage.

Anonymity

I picked up the ‘Nearly Legal’ blog from Binary Law - and I am glad I did.  There is an interesting article on the subject of blog anonymity. For years I have been deluding myself that my alter ego as Charon QC was heavily masked - but as my blog became slightly better known, a [...]

Saturday in West London

I claim no originality in the idea for this pic - but as some readers may not read Private Eye and Eye did not publish the cartoon which inspired this variant on their website - I have done a variation of the idea for you. The original, worded differently (”Ladies and gentlemen…the bride and groom [...]

On a wet Friday… ephemera

It is Friday… and no-one seems to be around. So it is time for some ephemera and, just perhaps, a bit of law - indirectly.
To the left is a famous advert. I have a copy of this and another, depicting a doctor being woken up at 4.30 in the morning by a patient captioned “More [...]

Fancy being a secretary for a year?….

I do enjoy visiting RollonFriday
… and yet again their journos have found a gem. Read the advert below which I have screen grabbed from LawCareers.net

Apart from a dodgy typo (and I am prone to those myself) the advert is fascinating. Here we have an entrepreneurial solicitor Tony Seymour @ hotmail (Liked the classy email [...]

Art is anything you can get away with…

…. so I decided that I would spend today cradling a dead pig in the middle of an art gallery. Well… that is not entirely true. In fact, while I have a taste for the surreal, I will not be doing this… but there is someone who will be.
The Mirror reports (or should that [...]

It is getting serious..when the serious get you!…

I visit Human Law regularly - because the blogger (Justin Patten) knows what he is talking about - and is a well known blogger. I am not given to vanity (although I do appreciate mentions from fellow bloggers - and appreciate the camaraderie of the blawg world) However….
I spilt my espresso all over my desk [...]

Don’t drink drive…drive on your drink…

My brain needed a short break - My attention turned to the net. I am fascinated by gadgets and bizarre human behaviour.  Here we have two in one. I found this ‘cruzin cooler’ on the net.
This is what they say…
Cruzin Cooler  combines two [...]

If you go down to the courts today…you are in for a big surprise…

A solicitor doing a moonie? Surely not.
Bystander JP, in his excellent blog ‘The Magistrate’s blog’ (Formerly known as Law West of Ealing Broadway - a title which I rather liked) presents this excellent story from the BBC.
Bystander, who is a real JP, takes a stern line: “I was deeply shocked to read this [...]

Free access to the laws?…

Nick Holmes has a very interesting post on his Binary Law site - well worth reading on online access to the laws which bind us…here it is.

Bush is “crap” says Prescott…allegedly..

Having read in The Guardian this morning that Prescott described George Dubya as “crap” at a private meeting (Which Prescott denies), I felt I needed a photograph which gave insight into Prescott’s character. I went to H M Government’s website. Nothing suitable there.. but…what should I find on Havant Conservatives’ website? - this picture of [...]

What about clients?…

I am always pleased when others need to take a few minutes off for a bit of light relief, particularly if they are prepared to pop over and have a look at my blawg - but if you are in practice and are interested in good thinking and good ideas… you may enjoy having a [...]

“Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime” …

The Lord Protector in his quest to be tough etc etc etc.. has produced more than 3000 new criminal offences during his reign over us - as The Independent points out - almost one new criminal offence for every day his government has been in power. Quite remarkable.
I feel particularly reassured by this particular crime [...]