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Tag Archives: memories
To End All Wars? A Personal View
My father was born on the eleventh November. As a child that was Dad’s birthday; it contained nothing more resonant than that. At some point however, and I wouldn’t have been very old, I realised it was also Remembrance Day … Continue reading
Posted in family, memories, miscellany, WW1
Tagged memories, Military Medal, st Pol, the great war, thoughts, war, willi dyson, World War One
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Asking Questions Can Be Dangerous
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
Naturalised Londoner: Part Whatever – Legal Obscurities
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
Posted in humour, law, London, memories, miscellany
Tagged articled clerk, conveyancing, easements, humour, London, memories
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The Bird Is On The Wing
Spring is Sprung There was a surprise the other day. A lavender bush with a lot of flowers on it waiting to be picked and dried appeared to have suffered from a dose of voracious moths. But no sign of … Continue reading
Naturalised Londoner – Living On Air
The Law Society which in 1979 regulated the life of the Solicitors profession had just about begun to consider the lot of the Articled Clerk. Some people considered the Law Society to be one of the closed shops of professional … Continue reading
Naturalised Londoner: Open Air
As an articled clerk in 1979, in a small firm of solicitors comprising three partners, two independent consulatants whose ages were measured in eons rather than years and two other associate solicitors, I was the lowest form of legal pond … Continue reading
Posted in humour, London, memories, miscellany
Tagged 1970s, articled clerks, bear garden, humour, legal training, London, masters, memories, Royal Courts of Justice
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Naturalised Londoner: part 3 – that first job
I’m spinning some plates just now. As well as pulling together all the short fiction I wrote during 2017 for a new anthology, Life In A Conversation, and reworking the very first book I wrote, I’m getting close to finalising … Continue reading
Posted in humour, memories, miscellany, work
Tagged articled clerk, humour, law firm, memories, work
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