Category Archives: law

Tipping Points: Baden-Powell, His Part In My History

Posted on Jan 20, 2019 by

Hindsight: you’ve got to love it, haven’t you? You look back on an event, and see the blindingly obvious. It was a watershed moment even if at the time it was the epitome of humdrum. If I listed the biggies: … Continue reading →

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Asking Questions Can Be Dangerous

Posted on Oct 27, 2018 by

As a lawyer in the field of property, one of the simple tasks, when buying a piece of land, is to ask what are called ‘Preliminary Enquiries’. These are a set of questions that aim to dig out any little … Continue reading →

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Naturalised Londoner – The Outdoor Life, Part Two

Posted on Oct 17, 2018 by

In part one I set the scene, of my joys as a delivery boy, here. The nadir so far as this role was concerned came in the Spring of 1980. The senior partner had a client who worked in the … Continue reading →

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Naturalised Londoner: Part Whatever – Legal Obscurities

Posted on Sep 20, 2018 by

I’m pretty sure that, in the same way we all bleed and think education is wasted on children, the legal systems of all nations are things of devilish contrafabulations. They are developed to confuse and obfuscate. The English (and Welsh) … Continue reading →

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Naturalised Londoner: part. 2: finding a home

Posted on Dec 1, 2017 by

In part one, here, of this series we hear how I came to be London bound. Now reality has bitten. Somehow, in the late summer of 1978 I secured a position as an articled clerk. The firm of solicitors where … Continue reading →

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Two years and counting

Posted on Oct 7, 2015 by

It is two years, almost to the day when I laid down my pen, reboxed my wig and sheaved my pen for the last time and ceased being a lawyer. I don’t miss it at all but, with the benefit … Continue reading →

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Cricket lovely cricket, or how I found my career path

Posted on May 22, 2015 by

This post is utterly, completely and thoroughly self-indulgent. By all means skip the RTs, the likes and the comments. I really will understand. Because for so many of you kind followers you will have no enduring fascination with this engrossing … Continue reading →

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