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1973 and all that
As Charles Holloway himself admits, forecasting is a risky business, even for one who has been at it for as long as he has! We recently published Charles’ predictions for 2013 [Smarter than the average...
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Coughs and sneezes
There was a time when it was genuinely possible to describe software used in e-disclosure in terms which effectively distinguished between particular offerings on the basis of the “bells and whistles”...
View ArticleDisclosure and Costs – new CPR rules: A Survival Guide
In England and Wales new costs management rules will shortly come into force more widely – affecting nearly all multi-track cases. Although the rules have yet to be published and we do not yet know...
View ArticleJackson reforms fall at first hurdle?
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.” (Alice through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll). In what must...
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Hasten slowly
I love oxymorons. Woodbine used to advertise their cigarettes as the “great, little cigarette” which conjured up precisely the size of the cigarette (they were smaller than the standard size) and the...
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Where to now, Bates?
Bates is a reasonably common English surname. It may derive from the Old English “bat” meaning a boat and thus boatman. It may be a diminutive of “Bartholomew” which itself is a patronymic meaning...
View ArticlePlane speaking
Sitting on a plane recently, I was passing the time between one gin and tonic and the next by reading The Daily Telegraph. With thoughts about today’s Budget filling the columns I was bemused to learn...
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Nimrod
I would not want you to think that I spent all my recent skiing trip pondering the technical aspects of computer assisted review. In fact, I confess to spending almost all my recent seven days in...
View ArticleCPR costs budgeting reforms: Big Bang – or Confused Whimper?
You might be puzzled to hear that if a builder constructed a development for less than £2,000,000 they would do so on a fully costed basis with a detailed budget – BUT if the property to be constructed...
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Whither the Arsenal?
No, this is not a post by a disgruntled North London fan fed up with the inability of Arsene Wenger’s team to win a trophy! We are on much more interesting territory! It appears to me that there has...
View ArticleApril Fool
April 1st has come and gone once more. This year All Fools’ Day fell on Easter Monday and as such was not a working day for most. Nonetheless, unless you have inhabited a different planet from others...
View ArticleParis Blue
Authors often say they experience difficulty in deciding on a title for their scribblings. Naming a film, book or poem can pose problems, although sometimes the answer is obvious. Think about Jane...
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Fairy Story? Not if you are Irish!
According to the National Leprechaun Museum, the leprechaun is a mythological Irish character. Usually male and dressed in green, the little man is often a shoemaker providing dancing shoes for...
View ArticleNew CPR rules – format of Disclosure Report
One of the striking aspects of the recently introduced changes has been that, although there is a requirement for those with the conduct of the matter to file and serve a disclosure report, there has...
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Go Figure
Called upon to give advice to an excited 27 year old who had just heard she had been offered her dream job and wanted to give her current boss a piece of her finely educated mind, I believe I was able...
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Revolutions with numbers
Thomas Paine was born in Thetford in Norfolk in 1737 and died in NYC in 1809 and is credited with being the inspiration behind the decision which led America to secede from Britain. Paine had an...
View ArticleGood news and bad
Do you want the good news or the bad news? It is not always easy to decide! As is so often the case, there has been both good news and bad in the past few weeks, so let’s start with the bad news in the...
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The Famous Five
In the most striking example to date of how seriously the judiciary intends to get to grips with the changes to the rules inspired by Lord Justice Jackson, the Master of the Rolls, Lord Dyson, has...
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We have lift off!
Do you remember Major Tom (David Bowie)? More of him later, but Captain Ron?! To be honest, I have not actually met Captain Ron. However, I know about him because I was having dinner recently in...
View ArticleSlick as a Whistle
In 1848, a certain John Russell Bartlett published a Dictionary of Americanisms. Mr Bartlett has it that the phrase slick as a whistle is “a proverbial simile, in common use throughout the United...
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