Charon Report (10): Day Two, Tory Conference

Audio podcast: Charon Report (10): Day Two, Tory Conference Exhausted from watching BBC News 24 coverage of the collapse of the financial world last night,  and reluctant to borrow any more shares from my local vicar in non-banking sectors to short sell, I decided not to flog up the motorway to listen to David Cameron [...]

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30 September: Daily Legal news and podcast

Daily Legal News and podcast up on Insitelaw

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Dow Jones -777 points down…. VOLATILE!!…RECORD!!!

I didn’t have much to do tonight so I thought I would go on BBC News 24, waffle a bit, as BBC News 24 have been doing for much of the evening, and try out my new ‘George Osborne Serious’ look. The US has rejected the $700 billion bail out. I just had to watch [...]

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Charon Report (9): From The Tory Party Conference…

Audio podcast: Charon Report (9) – from The Tory Conference I report today from Britain’s second City, Birmingham – a city almost unknown outside of its own city limits – to report on the gathering of the Tory faithful. For two years now Cameron and his band of merry Etonians have been able to sit [...]

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28 September: Daily Legal News and podcast

Daily Legal News and podcast up on Insitelaw Also: Free one hour CPD online course on offer from CPD Channel. See Insitelaw magazine for details

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28 September: Postcard from The Boat

I write, on this day of our lord, from the boat – amused to learn that The Church of England has been accused of being involved in ‘short-selling’ – a wonderful irony after the ludicrous intervention of the two archbishops last week accusing short sellers and  Lloyds TSB et al of being “bank robbers and [...]

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Charon Reports (8): From Lambeth Palace

Audio Podcast: Charon Report 8 – From Lambeth Palace I report today from outside Lambeth Palace in London, home of The Archbishop of Canterbury.  I used the bridge to cross the river as I didn’t think walking across the river itself would be looked upon that favorably in these circles. Today two of our most [...]

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25 September: Daily Legal News and podcast

Daily Legal news and podcast now up on Insitelaw September promo: Insitelaw has arranged for your to obtain a FREE one hour course (I hour CPD) from CPD Channel.  If you would like to check out their free offer to top up your CPD hours online – why not give it a go. The Insitelaw [...]

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24 September: Daily Legal News and podcast

Daily Legal News and podcast up on Insitelaw During the course of each day (Weekday and some weekends) I will be covering events as they arise with links to law blogger posts and legal news.  The Podcast and outline coverage is on the magazine and comment, as it is published each day,  will be on [...]

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Charon Reports (7): From The Labour Party Conference 2008

Audio podcast: Charon Reports (7) : From The Labour Party Conference 2008 I report tonight from Manchester – a City, I discovered from Google Earth, to be in the North of England. The Labour Party annual smug fest is under way.  Yesterday we had Alistair Darling, Chancellor, telling us things would be fine, provided the [...]

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23 September: Daily Legal News and podcast on Insitelaw

Daily Legal News and Podcast now on Insitelaw. From today, I plan to provide commentary and analysis of the legal events of the day on the Insitelaw blog – with links to law based posts from UK and other law bloggers.  This will leave me free to run amok on the Charon QC blog without [...]

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22 September: Postcard from The Boat (2)

Having written Postcard from The Boat (1) yesterday – here is Postcard (2). This morning I chose a different cafe just off The King’s Road.  I have been there many times – the food is good and I can sit outside, smoke, read my papers and, especially if it is cold and slightly drizzly, I [...]

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20 September: Postcard from the Boat (1)

I woke early on the Saturday morning, made a black coffee and started writing.  As the dawn came up I noticed that the Thames was like a mill pond, flat, calm and the chill air still.  It was low tide.  The sun was breaking on the horizon and flared over Battersea bridge.  Unfortunately, I only [...]

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Law Review: Sackings, short selling and stupidity…

Last week some thought the world would end when the CERN boys switched on the Large Hadron Collider.  This week it was the turn of the bankers to see what they could do to bring havoc to the world.  The blood ran on Wall St and through financial markets worldwide.  The masters of the universe, [...]

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Walking while you work? – Good idea or bad idea?

You have to hand it to the Americans. In a week when the world is reeling from financial armageddon the New York Times reports on a new fad – walking on a treadmill while you work. Apparently, TERRI KRIVOSHA, a partner at a Minneapolis law firm, logs three miles each workday on a treadmill without [...]

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19 September: Daily Legal News and podcast

Daily Legal News and podcast now up on Insitelaw.

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Law Review: Calm assessment?

A quick trawl through The Lawyer, Legal Week and online newspapers threw up some quite interesting information. The Lawyer kicks off with “The collapse of Lehman, the acquisition of Merrill Lynch and the effective privatisation of AIG has left dozens of lawyers facing life without their once lucrative client relationships.” This does not trouble some [...]

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18 September: Daily Legal News and podcast

Daily Legal News and podcast now up on Insitelaw

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Charon Report 6: From the Cabinet War Rooms, London

Audio podcast: Charon Reports 6 – From the Cabinet War Rooms, London I report, tonight, from The Cabinet War Rooms in London, last used during World War II by Churchill to direct Britain’s War effort against the tyranny of Nazi Germany. Tonight, these War Rooms serve a different purpose.   Tonight, the Prime Minister of Great [...]

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Law Review: Juries, jazzy and jam…

The Independent carried a story today about the dangers  of police officers sitting on juries. The law was reformed five years ago to widen the pool from which jurors could be called to include judges, lawyers, police and others.  I thought at the time that having judges, experienced lawyers and police on juries would, ultimately, [...]

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