Badly Behaved Barrister

NB Update here  Initially I read the article in Today’s Observer about Bruce Hyman with little more than a prurient interest in trying to work out if I knew him (the bar is a small world, but in fact I don’t know him). But in fact, it’s a lot more serious and concerning than the headline suggested. [...]

Flexible Working – Flexible for whom?

The TUC point out what ought to be blindingly obvious, namely that John Redwoods proposals require a change in European Law (or even leaving the EU), and are incompatible with the noises Cameron is making about flexible working and family friendly policies, and would have a serious knock on effect on the rights of workers. It’s [...]

who’s the oldest daddy?

Today’s Guardian reports that ‘a 90 year old Indian farmer has had his 21st child, making him the oldest living father in the world’. I’m pretty sure that many of the 95 year old men living up and down the country are also fathers. I’m therefore betting my pocket money that a correction will appear in [...]

1-800-FLOWERS Lawsuit: Texas Man’s Dirty Laundry Aired in Public…World! « TheScroogeReport

No doubt this would amount to a breach of the Data Protection Act if it took place in the UK, but I’m also guessing that suing interflora for letting slip to your wife that you’ve bought roses for someone else is unlikely to feature in your local county court anytime soon. And even less likely [...]

Wouldn’t all this money going to litgation be better served to help people in need of their services and products? « All Things Jennifer

Wouldn’t all this money going to litgation be better served to help people in need of their services and products? « All Things Jennifer If Johnson & Johnson think its good PR to sue the Red Cross for using (seriously) a Red Cross on products for sale, they must be nuts. That is SUCH an [...]

Man Says Hold The Cheese, Claims MCDONALD’S Didn’t; Suing for $10 Million « Anything & Everything

Glad to see my hubby’s fellow West Virginians are also embracing the world of dubious lawsuits…in a state where fast food is a staple, you’ve got to ask yourself whether a person with a severe allergy to cheese ought to take it on trust that the CHEESEburger he has just ordered from someone being paid three [...]

Michael Vick: Sued for 63 Billion or 323 Trillion Dollars? « Dreadnaught

This guy could put us lawyers right out of business… Michael Vick: Sued for 63 Billion or 323 Trillion Dollars? « Dreadnaught

Scandalous Conduct (allegedly)

The legal world in the US just seems so much more exciting than over here…See: Nevada Supreme Court Issues Opinion: Judge Halverson is Back « Dreadnaught. but on balance I’m fairly sure I’d rather be here where the most scandalous allegations to touch the legal community are isolated examples of a judge sleeping with and [...]

LSC with egg on its face

The Legal Services Commission has been told by the High Court that its new unified contract (contract with solicitors providing legal aid services) is unlawful. The Contract included a term that effectively enabled the LSC to amend the contract at will. See the Law Society Press Release. Also a challenge to the legal aid reforms [...]

North v North

Gonna be published in the Family Law Newsweek weekly email bulletin next Monday….Excellent resource. Talented writers etc etc…check it out. PS North v North  is a case about a wife who got a divorce settlement in 1981 and came back for more in 2004, having lost a sizeable portion of her settlement through her own [...]