Articles: April, 2008

April 19, 2008

It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law, according to the golden mete-wand of the law and not by the crooked cord of discretion.
Edmund Burke, from the Preface to Brissot’s Address.

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JK Rowling (And Others) On The ‘Whither Copyright?’ Debate

April 17, 2008

What are we to make of JK Rowling’s impassioned plea on behalf of authors’ copyright?
The creator of the Harry Potter books objects to the publication of “The Harry Potter Lexicon”, an encyclopaedia of wizardry compiled by Steven Vander Ark. Vander Ark, 50, is a devoted Harry Potter fan and has produced the encyclopaedia from a [...]

Lawyer Ignores Plea For Help – And Has A Conscience

April 16, 2008

Blade encounters an interesting vignette of angst in the City on the Roll On Friday site. You can find the full thread in the community section of the site (under ’something has been bothering me’), but in a nutshell, a (presumably female) lawyer was walking home through the City when a young girl asked if [...]

Wanted: Innovative Lawyers

April 16, 2008

The Financial Times today launches the research for its third Innovative Lawyers report.
Last year’s most innovative law firm, according to the FT, was Allen & Overy. The report is due out in October and the FT will be hoping that rather more law firms than last year’s candidates evince a commitment to innovation. As the [...]

Paralegals – Ignore Them At Your Peril

April 15, 2008

This snippet appears courtesy of Independent Lawyer magazine. Its author, Alex Wade, ponders the paralegal…
Paralegals. Who are they and what do they do? In one of my old firms, a long time ago, they were deployed for two things – photocopying and the ferrying of bundles of documents. Occasionally, a particularly adept paralegal would be [...]