A Slight Case of Irony

January 14, 2009

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Further to our musings on those lawyers who have abandoned legal careers in favour of leading their countries, writing books and shedding their clothes, we’re reminded that many of m’learned friends arrive in the law having jettisoned earlier careers. Look out for more on this soon, but for starters there’s Blade’s old mucker Nigel Hanson, a solicitor with Foot Anstey who specialises in media law.

Hanson was formerly a freelance journalist, and remains a fine scribe. Click here for his analysis of recent trends in libel law, one whose ambit includes forum shopping, the rise of corporate libel litigation and Mr Justice Tugendhat’s thoughts on the meaning of irony.

Pictured: a man who was once one of the UK’s leading libel litigants. He was also a newspaper proprietor. It is not known if the conjunction is regarded as ironic by Tugendhat J. 

 

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Not so right said Fred

February 2, 2012
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So Farewell, then, Sir Fred Goodwin.

Now you are just Fred.

Not Right Said Fred, but plain Fred.

The Forfeiture Committee did for you.

No one had heard of it before,

But Dave said it had to act, and it did.

Trouble is that no one knows what to think.

Is it ‘Alas, poor Fred‘,

Or ‘Hurray! Sir Fred is dead!’?

We don’t know.

Do you?

By A. Mob, aged 1,378 and a half.

London Goes AWOL

January 31, 2012
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STOP PRESS:

Fed up with being stuck on the Thames in south-east England, London yesterday decided to move. In a dramatic gesture which augurs ill for the Olympics, the city upped sticks and relocated to East Anglia.

Lawyers were not consulted about the move, and the city’s precise motivation remains unclear. However, financiers fear that London’s decision is a sign that it wishes to downsize. Moreover, a source from London said: “We no longer want to be Britain’s seat of power. If the Scots can deregulate, why can’t we? East Anglia is a nice place where nothing happens. It’s time for a quiet life. Please respect our right to privacy.”

Elsewhere, Birmingham did not do anything, but Manchester was seen to be packing its bags. “There’s an opportunity for us,” said Manchester. “We can become London.”

East Anglia said: “We don’t mind. It’ll be refreshing to be associated with something other than fens and flatness.”

A cartologist at CNN, which broke the extraordinary news, was later fired.

An excellent ad if ever there was one

January 25, 2012
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We seem to be visually led this week but sometimes words proliferate far too much and letting an image do the talking is no bad thing. That’s another way of saying that ACCESS Agency’s work with Lego is absolutely top drawer.