In my early days in the legal profession, I had the pleasure of working for an entertainment law firm, who in addition to having some interesting cases, and interesting clients, also had a great sense of humour. This included having great competitions in the run-up to Christmas, where prizes were given to the fee earner […]
Read MoreAuthor: Catherine Bates
Gone but not forgotten
I’m sure you’re all already bored of people using Halloween as an excuse for marketing and promoting events. Especially as I always consider it to be an American holiday, which encourages children to use blackmail to get sweets! Without wishing to be a hypocrite, now is still a good time to talk about how dead […]
Read MoreThe Sanctity of Post and the cost of being nosy!
Did you know, that interfering with the post can be a criminal offence. If you open someone else’s post in error, then it’s unlikely that there will be any consequences, provided you send the post on to the right person asap and don’t take anything that doesn’t belong to you. However, if you deliberately open someone […]
Read MoreToday’s headlines are no longer tomorrow’s chip wrappers!
And not just because we don’t wrap fish and chips in old newspapers – although I’m not sure whether that’s a health and safety thing, or just because there just aren’t that many newspapers printed pro rata to the amount of fish and chips we eat! But for those of you who remember eating fish […]
Read MoreWhatsApp-ening to communication???
It’s a common question for clients to ask whether electronic messages or WhatsApp messages can be used in court proceedings or just be relied on as evidence of agreements and negotiations. Not only is the answer an absolute yes, but they are all disclosable and so it’s not a question of whether or not they […]
Read MoreExcuse me, I’m drunk!
Ok, not the most surprising thing you’ve ever heard me say, and as a tongue-in-cheek reason to my team as to why I’m not taking calls beyond a certain time (don’t bother trying to contact me after 4pm, I’ll be too hammered to answer) it’s perfectly reasonable. Some might say it’s even sensible. But I’ve seen […]
Read MoreFalstaff may have been brighter than you realise!
I’m a massive Shakespeare fan. That doesn’t mean I understand all of it, or even remember as much of it as I did when I was at school, but an afternoon at the Globe watching one of his plays is still time well spent. For those of you not that familiar with the Bard, Falstaff […]
Read MoreIt’s just a jump to the left…and then a step to the riiiight!
I’ve no idea if that means anything to you, but I know that many people will now be hearing “let’s do the time warp again” in their heads. I’ll be humming it for weeks. And not just because Rocky Horror is back on stage in London (with Jason Donovan no less) if anyone fancies a […]
Read MoreWe all have our limitations
I don’t like to admit it, but I’m not perfect. There are things I can’t do. For example, despite going to the gym around 4 times a week (and actually doing a workout on at least three of those occasions rather than just sitting in the lounge drinking coffee and chatting) and despite having significantly increased the […]
Read MoreIf you assume, you make an ASS out of U, but it could earn ME money!
Harsh, but true. Plenty of people come to me for legal advice and will often start the conversation with “I assumed that because of xxxx, I’d be ok”. Sometimes they are right, often they are wrong. “I assumed I could trust them, so I didn’t think we needed an agreement” is a common one. Of course you […]
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