Woe is Kimberley Swann, 16. The expressive teenager has recently lost her job, having branded it “boring” on Facebook. Her first day as an office administrator at Ivell Marketing & Logistics did not bode well. Ms Swann wrote, on Facebook, as follows: “first day at work. omg!! So dull!!”The story is reported by the Daily [...]
If you match the criteria above, check out LawandMore’s new dating service. Popular demand has driven the introduction of the service, by which hot lawyers (their term, not ours – but we hope it’s accurate) can venture forth into the capital for wine tasting, dinner dates, even salsa lessons. All that’s asked is that the [...]
The credit crunch is biting in the blawgosphere. Blade notes, with dismay, the following newsletter from www.law.com: It has seemed like a morbid week for followers of legal blogs. First came last week’s post about legal bloggers throwing in the virtual towel after blogging left them feeling frustrated and depressed. Then came the news that [...]
First, the good news (for the media): the Government says it will take steps to limit costs in libel actions. Next, the caveat. The Government also says it will introduce such measures “unless compelling arguments emerge against doing so.” The Press Gazette reports on this here, with the headline: “The MoJ’s libel consultation: what it [...]
Chain email is usually a curse, but overnight some excerpts from Disorder in the American Courts wended their way to Swordplay. Some, we have to say, are positively delightful. For starters, there’s this piece of forensic cross-examination: ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn’t know about [...]
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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).