Several hundred years ago and for very good reasons. It is really important that Judges can, with impunity, criticise and hold to account what would in any normal relationship be their employers. Jud… (View Post)

11 new "corrections" to the Peggie judgment seeking to correct "clerical mistakes, errors or omissions". Snuck out just before Christmas. After a previous "correction". … (View Post)

Sadly, and regrettably, those focused on the work are completely wrong. Those floating from meeting to meeting will inevitably build networks and be given promotion to ever higher levels of pointless… (View Post)

The one I loved was Pliny's letters which I spent a year translating from the Latin. In them he described being in the bay of Naples as Vesuvius erupted and engulfed Pompey and Herculaneum. He d… (View Post)

When I went from being a solicitor to an advocate I had to pass exams in European law, Roman Law and Procedure. I had been a solicitor for nearly 20 years by then. I really enjoyed going back to stud… (View Post)