Scottish Guest Law Review: A Matter of Independence

I am delighted to host two very thoughtful blog posts from Scots lawyers on the issue of Independence for Scotland. I have, with their permission, taken their published posts from their blogs and hosted them here.  Given the fact that we are, for the present, a United Kingdom, I thought these would be thought provoking.  [...]

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Law Review: Scrambled Clegg for breakfast?

Fixed-term parliaments open to legal challenge, clerk of Commons warns Guardian: Malcolm Jack says legislation could mean courts would ‘be drawn into matters of acute political controversy such as whether an election should be held’ This could be a bit of a problem? I do like twitter – this from a friend…. Funnily enough.. the [...]

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Fake barrister flees court after judge’s questioning

BBC Reports: A man posing as a barrister fled a court in Devon when a senior judge became suspicious of him. What a great story.

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Muttley Dastardly LLP Episode 2: Procureco Wars

PODCAST EPISODE 2: MUTTLEY DASTARDLY LLP – PROCURECO WARS MEMORANDUM To: The Partners From: Matt Muttley, Managing Partner RE: PROCURECO WARS Gentlemen, I write from our Caribbean island with news of an opportunity which I think we should give some attention to.  As you know, it is 24/7/365 at M&D LLP.  I have a lunch [...]

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This… I did like!

I do seem to have unusual hours – getting up at 3.45 am  to ensure that The Grim Reaper does not get me  – A lot of people die at 4.00 am according to statistics from HM Treasury and NHSDirect ( – but probably not enough to help the Coalition government and Chris Grayling et [...]

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Law Review: Met Gate / Hackgate – whatever you call it – The Coulson story isn’t going to go away…..

I’ve been following what is called #Metgate and #Hackgate on Twitter and in The Guardian / The Observer. I’ve kept out of the analysis – partly because of The Guardian and  David Allen Green’s (Formerly Jack of Kent) sharply observed writing on the matter – and partly because I don’t know enough about it yet  [...]

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Silly Season over – Summer over (official) – Welcome back

Not everyone reads The Independent – so I hope The Indie and Dave Brown do not mind me posting this excellent cartoon! Here is the original source from  The Independent Hat Tip Beau Bo D’or – who knows a thing or two about satirical cartoons / artwork  – well worth visiting and bookmarking.

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