Saga louts, Plodberrys and a few other matters… no law, though…

I discovered today, from reading Tim Hames in The Times, that the August Bank holiday was ‘pushed through Parliament in 1871 at the behest of Sir John Lubbock MP, a prominent banker, archaeologist and author.’ Lubbock’s idea was that ‘allowing the masses to have the first Monday in August free would enable them to [...]

The boys from the Bar stuff…

So…what have the learned friends been up to this week?
Well…first up… is a fascinating story in The Observer about a TV and Radio producer turned barrister, Bruce Hyman, who faces jail for perverting the course of justice. Mr Hyman, recently qualified at the Bar after a glittering career in television, has pleaded [...]

Nick Charon… reporting for CrisisNews…West London…

A TV News crew outside a house in Chiswick, West London. Charon is reporting for CrisisNews, a 24 hour television news service.
“This afternoon I interviewed a young mother, who lives in a desirable residential area of Chiswick in West London, about the growing crisis hitting young professionals who are finding it increasingly difficult to get [...]

Chris Dunn, Barrister, cleared of GBH charges…

The Mirror and a number of regional newspapers report that Leeds barrister, Chris Dunn, has been acquitted of GBH charges by a Preston jury. The jury accepted the plea of self-defence according to press reports.
Mirror report | Blackburn Citizen report
No doubt, in the interests of fair reporting, the ‘quality’ newspapers, TV and other media, [...]

Bank holiday

I won’t be going to the Notting Hill Carnival. I lived in Notting Hill for three years and enjoyed carnival … but The River Styx is waiting for us all, and our lives are draining away. Repetition dulls the spirit. For my part - it is time to find something else to do on [...]

The majesty of The Law in August…

Lord Phillips LCJ may find his dealings with the government difficult - independence of the judiciary / court budgets et al - but this, according to Frances Gibb in the Times, may be nothing compared to the gathering storm on the issue of barristers and their horse hair wigs.
While Lord Phillips may wish to [...]

Personal injury update?….

I have stuck dental crowns back in place with superglue but that tends to be the limit of my unusual use. Certainly, I have never considered the possibility of using superglue to glue a hoover to my private parts - but that is exactly what one circus performer did.
The Sun reports that Dan Buckner [...]

August… not a great month…

The sky is overcast with rain threatening clouds. The news is about Afghanistan and Iraq, and the impending ‘defeat / withdrawal’ of British forces in Basra. American sources say it could be ‘ugly’. It is ugly. All war is ugly and this war is uglier than most. Military top brass want [...]

Mistaken for a vandal…

I rather like the idea of being an author and then being mistaken for a vandal by signing copies of my own book. This happened to famous author Stephen King on a trip to Australia. Apparently he was wandering around a bookshop and decided to sign several copies of his own books. [...]

Eat what you kill?…

Caveman behaviour twice in one day? Yes… earlier I posted about Mr Dunn, a barrister being tried for GBH (Below) - but now my mind has turned to diet - the stoneage diet.
I was reading the Independent and came across a two page spread on the stoneage diet. The Indie reports that the [...]

The human condition… lawyers and other matters….

UPDATE SATURDAY 25TH AUGUST
MR DUNN ACQUITTED OF THE GBH CHARGES
See above

There are some some strange goings on in the law at the moment…

Barrister ‘beat wedding guest senseless’
Let me kick off with the story, reported in The Telegraph (and many other newspapers) (Hat Tip: Justin Patten, Human Law) about a barrister who, it is [...]

Out with the old…in with the blue…

WebCameron has been using Photoshop again - changing the tone of his Conservatives by defacing the £40,000 logo brought in fairly recently to replace the Thatcherite torch emblem of conservatism and turning what is supposed to be a tree (Top left) into a truly bizarre blue squiggle with a cloud and the [...]

A WWII Luftwaffe pilot in my garden?…

I seem to find myself, late on a Friday or Saturday night, wasting a fantastic amount of time on Facebook or other people’s blogs. Last night I decided, on my return from The Bollo, that there was a WWII Luftwaffe pilot, complete with Stuka, in my garden drinking Weissbeer and I persisted in [...]

“O David, David! wherefore art thou David?”…

Reactionary Snob has an interesting post: “Tintin’s Travels”. Apparently, Foreign Secretary David Milliband was allowed to visit Afghanistan and Pakistan but WebCameron’s planned visit to Pakistan, after visiting troops in Afghanistan, was cancelled on security grounds.
The Sunday Mirror reports that he was not able to meet the Commander, Brigadier John Lorrimer, because the [...]

Suits you, Sir…

“It depends on what you want in your wardrobe - a bespoke made to measure suit or one that fits four other people.”
Nigel Savage. CEO, The College of Law 
You have to hand it to Nigel Savage… he knows how to do sound-bytes and is always quick on riposte.  The quote above is one of his [...]

Zulus… there were thousands of them…

This morning I decided that I needed to have a relaxing lunch, perhaps a glass or two, read the papers, write a bit and just enjoy the day. I went to The Swan, another favoured local of mine. They have a garden at The Swan, shady in part, with luxurious foliage. [...]

Bad-ass biker barrister and the week in view…

Bad-ass biker barrister Clive Wolman, 11 Stone Buildings, seems to have had his bad ass biker butt booted into touch by The Court of Appeal.
Clive Woolman had been given 100 parking tickets (£8000 worth) by parking wardens. Mr Wolman argued that his bike was not parked on the pavement because, balancing on a [...]