Having in January this year not only won the "Quirky" category of the American Bar Association's Law Blog (Blawg) Awards but also gained the most overall votes for any category I was curious to see what the Americans would do to try and stop the Brits...

I happened to mention to OldRuin today that I had been struggling with a little DIY last night and had decided that it wasn’t something in which I excelled. “BabyB, I’ve always subscribed to the philosophy that it is essential to earn enough to...

Word has it in the robing rooms that there’s a particular county town in which the district judges have all gone what can only be described as feral. Now don’t get me wrong. There has always been the odd (in all senses of the word) one here and...

I was against one of the most pompous and self-important barristers I’ve ever met today (which is saying something). It was a very small personal injury action in which a fisherman was claiming for whiplash as a result of a Russian registered boat...

It seems OldSmoothie went in for a meeting at Tory HQ on Wednesday and was told that really they were looking for people who are a bit more “with it”. Whilst the whole of chambers have no doubt that this basically meant more “on the ball” and...