Author: Catherine Bates

One of the things I love about law is that it is not an exact science. I could argue that black is white if it suits my (or my client’s) purposes. One of the things I hate about law is that it is not an exact science. My opponent could argue over the colour of air if […]

As a football fan that’s a fairly familiar chant. For those of you not used to spending Saturday afternoons on cold windy terraces (or in the corporate lounge with a glass of champagne as I do these days!) it’s usually what we shout at the ref when he makes a stupid decision. It is NOT […]

Do you know what Intercepts are? Sounds like some kind of American cop series – The Intercepts! But it’s not. Intercepts are just the latest in a long line of issues for those involved in litigation, in the ever growing job of disclosure, the process of providing the other side and the court with all the […]

It’s easy to think of Law as a dull boring subject, full of dull boring people doing dull boring things, quoting from statutes that are older than Adam and Eve. If you could see me right now (in the office, in jeans, swilling coffee from a mug that says “Don’t Confuse your Google Search with […]

Last week one of our Directors, Stephanie Kleyman, spent the evening out of the office and had the fantastic opportunity to work with Sky News. For those of you who have not seen the finished article, and are intrigued by her thoughts on this topic, then please click on the link below and give it […]

Law, especially litigation, can be a very serious matter.  Daily we are dealing with people’s worst days – sometimes their worst months and years. But it can still have humours points, even if the clients don’t always realise it. For example, when a client doesn’t think it’s important to tell us that a key party […]

I love the internet! I love internet shopping – I joke that it was invented for me.  I love Amazon (I can order it this morning and have it this afternoon) and I love the idea that I may never have to set foot inside a supermarket again because a lovely man arrives on my […]

I often refer to certain aspects of law as like having an insurance policy. You don’t take out household insurance because you think your house will burn down. But you recognise that it’s a risk, and if the worst should come to the worst, that policy will be worth it’s weight in legal fees. By […]

It often comes as a surprise to clients when I talk about a company being an entity in its own right. You may own it and run it, and you may have built it up from being just a gleam in your eye to a multi million pound industry, but it still has it’s own […]

It’s not uncommon for people to have misconceptions about the law.   Common misunderstandings are things like “common law spouse” which doesn’t exist, yet people still assume that if they have lived with their other half for a set period of time, they have automatic protection. They don’t.   I’m also often told that there […]