After a raft of phone-hacking admissions and allegations, we are no longer seen as the gruff but dependable watchdog. Neville Thurlbeck, formerly of the News of the World (part of his Damascene conversion; to be continued).
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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After a raft of phone-hacking admissions and allegations, we are no longer seen as the gruff but dependable watchdog. Neville Thurlbeck, formerly of the News of the World (part of his Damascene conversion; to be continued).