Life can get in the way of amusement and blogging on occasion – but, fortunately, I now have time to have a look about and see what is happening in the legal world.
I am not a fan of mavenry, “Top this and that lists” and awards on social media – A ‘painting’ I did some time back in my F*ckart series sums up my attitude to awards dispensed for legal blogging et al. I’m all for promoting law blogging – and both Legal Week and The Lawyer are doing this well – but I see no need to have prizes. I had a minor rant on twitter this morning about the “Blog Post of the Week” feature in the weekly round up of blogs done by David Allen Green in The Lawyer. David’s review this week draws attention to some interesting blogs. Legal Cheek puts iron into irony – rightly taking the mickey about my rant – with this post. 15-Love to Mr Aldridge!
Dr Erasmus Strangelove, senior partner of Muttley Dastardly LLP emailed me this morning….
Charon…
I am pleased to announce that Muttley Dastardly LLP will be launching a new award – Maven of The Week. As I am too busy billing (indeed we are all too busy at MD LLP) would you be kind enough to keep an eye on things…. for a fee, naturally, which we will be more than happy to satisfy after a suitable 75% ‘haircut’ and re-schedule to 2017 for settlement.
Best
Dr Erasmus Strangelove LLB, BCL, Ph.D, DAGCMG (and Bar)
Senior Partner, Muttley Dastardly LLP
Quondam legal meedja correspondent for The Loftlagger’s Weekly
I was reminded by a fellow tweeter about a post I did some time ago in relation to ‘reviews’….I shall quote the relevant section:
I happened to be on Twitter exchanging tweets with @ntheowl who was complaining about having to do a book review. I suggested that he use Sir Maurice Bowra’s famous aphorism which I paraphrase…“Be sure… I shall lose no time at all in doing so” when asked to review a colleague’s latest work. @ntheowl responded with… “‘I cannot begin to say how useful this book is …’ This prompted me to look up Sir Maurice Bowra in Wikipedia. He was known for his wit…. I particularly like this aphorism which resonates with “Englishness”… “Buggery was invented to fill that awkward hour between evensong and cocktails.”
Anyway… all done in the best possible taste and not to be taken seriously…. so to more sensible matters – albeit briefly.. and as I was unable to Eyes Only yesterday – put a few blog posts and newspaper articles I have enjoyed reading this week before you:
Anna Raccoon casts a caustic eye over the OccupyLsx occupation at St Pauls:
The Occupy UK shower have done their best, there was always a delicious irony in their making their bed in the guest accommodation of the wealthiest ‘corporation’ in Britain and certainly the one that pays the lowest rate of taxation, whilst protesting against ‘capitalism’; but all credit to them for forcing the caring sharing happy clappy Church of England to reveal that their concern for equality and the poor ‘they are very welcome to stay’ only lasted until the moment that worship at the altar of Mammon, in the form of the temple traders, shop and restaurant, was suffering a downturn in projected profits. ‘It is with great regret’ etc…
And I did enjoy Lucy Reid’s review of The UK Supreme Court : Super Supreme – and The Guardian’s short film interview with five of the Supreme Court Justices.
Apart from Legal Week, The Lawyer and The Law Society Gazette, Neil Rose’s Legal Futures is another good source for keeping up to date with developments in the legal profession: Clients “will head to brands” but independent lawyers can still forge a future
Dominic Grieve takes on the European court of human rights
The Guardian: Under government plans, countries would not only implement human rights law but interpret it – and decide if they complied
I’m doing a Without Prejudice ‘Special’ with Carl Gardner of Head of Legal blog over the weekend to cover some fascinating developments in the law – including the proposals for mandatory sentences. I’ll pop back later this evening, hopefully, with some more Rive Gauche….
AND Finally.. this is extraordinary…
Barrister ‘sent sexy texts to client’s girlfriend during case’
The Telegraph: A criminal appealed his conviction after he discovered that the barrister defending him was sending “sexual” text messages to his girlfriend during the case.
In a day filled with technical glitches – this made me smile, especially the Kenny reference, thank you…
I read the piece about the barrister sending suggestive texts, naughty naughty…for saying he earned £780+k in 2009, think he would have bought himself an anonymous PAYG mobile, never mind.
Barristers misbehaving again.