Ironically, nearly seven years after the event, it's clear that the Sheffield Hallam result in 2017 was just about the worst thing that could possibly have happened to the winner, and just about… (View Post)

Possibly. But, for an internal legal advisor, it isn't necessarily to your advantage to generate enormous volumes of work. For external legal, it's more of a mixed blessing than people perh… (View Post)

The Post Office is a bit different to the classic form of private prosecution you're talking about. It's something of an oddity that the Post Office routinely deals with prosecutions in thi… (View Post)

1. Thinking you're essentially right means you suspect a discrepancy will probably have an innocent explanation. But that isn't a good enough excuse for not checking. 2. Your comment is ver… (View Post)

I think that's a slightly rose-tinted view of the past. It's true it has evolved, and partly depends on the characters of the principal players, but the bearpit atmosphere very much predate… (View Post)