7th July: Daily News and podcast now up

7th July Daily News and news podcast up on Insitelaw magazine.
All the daily news podcasts are supported with text links on the Insitelaw magazine Pageflakes page - click on the Insitelaw magazine header bar to access Pageflakes.

Podcast 65: The right of prisoners to vote with Carl Gardner

Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, author of the Head of Legal blog, barrister, former government lawyer and commentator on Human Rights Law, about the case of Hirst v United Kingdom No (2) heard at the ECHR in 2005.
Yesterday, I did a podcast with John Hirst, author of the Jailhouse Lawyer blog about his [...]

Podcast 64: With John Hirst - author of Jailhouse Lawyer’s blog

Today I am talking to John Hirst, author of  the Jailhouse Lawyer’s blog.  John has spent 35 of his 57 years in prison.
John  was sent to prison for life after being convicted of the manslaughter of his landlady, in 1979. “He received a tariff of 15 years, but served a total of 25 before [...]

4th July: Declaration of Independence…

Perhaps overcome at the celebrations our brothers and sister from America are enjoying this day - but, being honest, mildly over refreshed with the quite excellent Rioja I am consuming with enthusiasm… I have taken the theme of Independence to heart this day. Earlier, I posted  a short piece on “Cry Freedom - say NO [...]

4th July US Independence Day

You have to hand it to Geeklawyer. Recovering after Glasto he produces a Blawg Review, best called a “Mother****** of a Blawg Review”,  and then starts popping videos all over the place.
I commend all three to you: Blawg Review 166 |  Ruthie at Glasto - and you just have to watch the first video to [...]

Cry freedom!… for UK Blawging…. SAY NO to awards…

Not that any industry magazine is proposing an award for UK Blawgs…. but I thought, given that it is a bit quiet on a Friday afternoon, that I would  crack open a bottle of Rioja and see if anyone may be interested in joining a protest movement to stop industry magazines having an award competition [...]

4th July: Daily legal news and podcast

4th July: Daily legal news and podcast now up on Insitelaw magazine.
Happy Independence Day to US readers!

West London Man (16): “I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.”

Audio Podcast version: West London Man (16)
“I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.”
Stephen Wright, American actor and writer.
Wimbledon ticket prices plummeted when Andy Murray crashed out of Wimbledon after his straight sets defeat at the hands of the incredible hulk. Caroline has [...]

3rd July: Daily legal news and podcast

Daily Legal news and podcast now up on Insitelaw magazine + new Pageflakes news aggregator.

One stop for news…

I have re-done the Pageflakes page for InsiteLaw. Now… on one page…  all the RSS law oriented news feeds from Times, BBC, LawTweet, Inner Temple Current Awareness, Ministry of Justice, Legal Week, Guardian, Independent, Financial Times - and even Charon’s posts and podcasts.
The daily news podcasts will continue - as will my daily selection of [...]

2nd July: Daily news and podcast on InsiteLaw magazine

Daily news and news podcast with updates now up on InsiteLaw magazine.

Podcast 63: Pink Tape on Family Law

Today I am talking to Lucy Reed, a barrister and author of the family law blog Pink Tape.
We discuss a range of famiy law issues - why Lucy blogs - combining practice with a young family - advice to students considering a career at The Bar - Pre-nuptial agreements - and end with Lucy’s plans [...]

1st July: Daily news and news podcast

1st July: Daily news and news podcast now up on InsiteLaw magazine.

Podcast 62: A call to The Duke of Edinburgh on a premium rate line

The story about Dial-A-Royal fascinated me - so I have done a companion podcast version of “One just called to say hello” -  (complete with a special ringtone)  of my conversation with The Duke of Edinburgh - purely imaginary, of course….
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Listen to Podcast 62:  In conversation with The Duke of Edinburgh on a premium rate [...]

One just called to say hello….

Last month the news broke that Gordon Brown was making phonecalls to unsuspecting members of the British public. Yesterday, the News of The World reported that The Queen had been thinking about setting up premium rate phone lines to allow the British public to call and get a message from the Royals - to help [...]

Podcast 61: With Chris Haywood - future barrister and musician…

Today I am talking to Chris Haywood who has just completed his GDL and intends to do the BVC in September. Chris has joined the UK blawgers with his new blog “RocknLaw”…. and is a member of the band - PIANO.
We talk about the GDL, have a brief musical interlude with one of Piano’s [...]

30th June: Daily news podcast and news

Daily News and podcast up on InsiteLaw magazine. Article by Justin Patten of Human Law mediation on keeping disputes out of court - Geeklawyer hosts Blawg Review - and general update.
Coming up on Insitelaw today - a podcast with RocknLaw - and more updates to reports, Ministry of Justice and the Bar Council / Law [...]

The pleasures of Twitter…

The pleasures of twitter. Just could not resist doing a screen grab from a Twitter reply from infobunny.
And on that note… off to watch some news. Normal blog and insitemlawmag service tomorrow. Finger repaired.
I am on Twitter - why, I have no idea - but can be illuminating.

West London Man (15): 15 - love to George….

The English summer continues. Ascot has, thankfully, passed into memory and George has two tickets to watch the Murray v Haas game at Wimbledon. Caroline has tickets for the second week. George, it has to be said, has absolutely no interest in Tennis. His tastes are for full contact [...]

24th June: Daily news podcast and news on Insitelaw

Daily news podcast and news now up on InsiteLaw newswire
A fairly big update, with links to law posts on blogs.  Normal service now being resumed and I plan to increase the coverage given to news and UK Law blogs.