Today I am talking to the President of The Law Society, Andrew Holroyd, about the Law Society stepping in to help international Lawyers, reported recently in the press.. The Law Society, the Association of Muslim Lawyers and the Bar Council will call on the Pakistani authorities for the release and reinstatement of lawyers and judges [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Podcast 41: Andrew Holroyd OBE, President of The Law Society
Posted in Charon, Charon Podcasts on Monday, January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Blawg Review 144 is up…
Posted in Charon on Monday, January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Blawg Review 144 – a Lord of The Rings themed blog review is up. I’m not an IP lawyer – but it is a good read in any event.
Weekend Review 3: Sunday 27th January 2008
Posted in Charon, Charon Podcasts, Weekend Review / Postcards on Sunday, January 27, 2008 | 10 Comments »
The theme this weekend is experimentation. I am experimenting with a bit of beard growing. I will almost certainly get bored with the idea… simply because I am beginning to look like Oliver Reed in Gladiator…. ahead of my time. I do not eat Fish Fingers these days… I had to eat quite enough of [...]
Podcast 40: Carl Gardner on Peter Hain, Terrorism, The EU Amendment Bill and the problems about the rule of law in Pakistan…
Posted in Charon, Charon Podcasts on Sunday, January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, author of the Head of Legal blog. Carl was a government lawyer for ten years specialising in Constitutional and EU Law issues. Now freelance, Carl has some useful views today about the Peter Hain resignation, the Police investigation, possible charges, the new Counter Terrorism proposals being debated in [...]
Podcast 39: Nearly Legal on his Training Contract experience….
Posted in Charon, Charon Podcasts on Sunday, January 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Podcast 39 is with the author of the Nearly Legal Blog. After a distinguished career in academe (in another discipline), Nearly Legal re-qualified as a lawyer as is now completing his training contract en route to qualifying as a solicitor. It is a good story – and a positive one. Listen to Podcast 39: Nearly [...]
Daily News podcast on Consilio
Posted in Charon on Friday, January 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Continuing to do daily news on Consilio But experimenting with the format for Weekend Review – I may do a mix of text and interviews so listeners can dip in when it is convenient rather than download a full programme. Ideas / thoughts very welcome!
Law Society steps in…
Posted in Charon on Thursday, January 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Law Society steps in to help protect International Lawyers The Law Society, the Association of Muslim Lawyers and the Bar Council will call on the Pakistani authorities for the release and reinstatement of lawyers and judges imprisoned in Pakistan following the recent constitutional crisis. Demonstration: The Solicitors’ International Human Rights Group (SIHRG), the Society [...]
Strange day…
Posted in Charon on Thursday, January 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today a rogue trader at a leading French bank lost them £3.7 billion, The Sun has a story about dwarves hiding in luggage and then stealing items from other people’s luggage when the bus started moving, only to return to his suitcase before the end of the trip – AND a prosecuting barrister rugby tackled [...]
Peter Hain resigns from Cabinet…
Posted in Charon on Thursday, January 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Peter Hain has resigned from The Cabinet after the Electoral Commission referred the £103,000 donations case to the Metropolitan Police. BBC story
The LSC contract…
Posted in Charon on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Timothy Dutton QC (Left) has written a letter to The Legal Services Commission about the LSC contract. The exchange between Chairman of The Bar Timothy Dutton QC and Richard Collins of The Legal Services Commission is quite extraordinary – and all the letters are well worth reading. Simon Myerson QC explained his reasons for refusing [...]
Cream krackered
Posted in Charon on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Northern Rocky Horror Show Just a jump to the left… this animation, from Channel 4, may amuse you *** Guido Fawkes also has a most interesting story about law firm Schillings: This is what Guido has to say… “Schillings, the lawyers specialising in reputation protection from online threats, are making a complete arse of themselves. [...]
Flight Arrivals
Posted in Charon on Monday, January 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A good friend of mine, a First Officer who flies Jumbos, sent me this pic via Facebook. An extraordinary story Blawg Review: carnival of the blawgers Blawg Review 143 is up Consilio has all the new podcasts and Weekend Reviews. Also extracted the interview from Weekend Review about Simon Myerson QC’s reasons for not signing [...]
Weekend Review Podcast 2: Sunday 20th January 2008
Posted in Charon, Charon Podcasts, Weekend Review / Postcards on Sunday, January 20, 2008 | 9 Comments »
We have a packed programme for you. The programme runs for approximately 38 minutes but you can download it and listen to it in stages! Today Peter Rouse of Advizory has an interesting technique for you to help you reduce stress. My guests today are: Tim Kevan on his new boook “Why lawyers should surf” [...]
Podcast 38: LawMinx on the part-time BVC
Posted in Charon, Charon Podcasts on Sunday, January 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today I am talking to the author of the LawMinx blog. Lawminx is studying for the BVC part-time and cimbining this with research for a Ph.D in International Law. We discuss the difficulties of doing the BVC on a part-time course, her views on the course and her plans for pupillage and beyond. LawMinx blog [...]
Podcast 37: Nick Holmes of Infolaw and Binary Law
Posted in Charon, Charon Podcasts on Saturday, January 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today I am talking to Nick Holmes, author, internet guru and founder of Infolaw. Nick is also the author of the Binary Law blog. We discuss a wide range of net and blogging issues including: what prompted Nick to start a blog and how his view of blogging changed? I also asked him the question: [...]
Not many people know this… but…
Posted in Charon on Friday, January 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Not many people know this… but I have a non-English speaking cousin, Fabio Charonello, who is now managing a local football team using sign language. He won’t be busy this summer – but he has high hopes for the future and, as far as I know, he is up to date with his Italian paperwork.
I am doomed… I’m now being described as “good ‘ol Charon”…
Posted in Charon on Friday, January 18, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I have spent a few minutes online selecting a coffin, seeing if anyone has an online downloadable Will precedent and ensuring that Gordon Brown doesn’t want me to give any of my remaining organs to medical science… as he is planning for most of the people who live in Britain unless they opt out. I [...]
Podcast 36: Katherine Gibson, Chair, Junior Lawyers Division on the new help line for members…
Posted in Charon, Charon Podcasts on Thursday, January 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today I am talking to Katherine Gibson, President of the Junior Lawyers Division of The Law Society about the new help line set up to help students and young lawyers who get into difficulty or are suffering from stress and pressure. The JLD has a website and the helpline number is: 0800 856131 Katherine also [...]
Staring into the abyss…
Posted in Charon on Thursday, January 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Times “Water Cooler” column has an interesting piece this week: “In what is destined to become the legal equivalent of The Samaritans, the Law Society is introducing a telephone helpline for junior lawyers starring into the abyss. Law students, trainees and solicitors with up to five year’s experience can use the helpline, one of [...]
Our Compliments to Blawg Review’s Editor ‘n’ Chef
Posted in Charon on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 | 6 Comments »
TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2008 Delighted to lend my support and thanks to this expression of thanks drafted by Diane Levin and Colin Samuels….. linked below. Blawg Review is well worth visiting. Some very good content and a chance to read some good US and International Blawgs. *** “Blawg Review, the carnival of legal blogging co-founded [...]
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