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  Chain of evidence! You may think that this is a phrase confined solely to criminal matters – and if you’ve watched many tv crime drama shows (especially the wonderfully trashy American ones) you’ll be familiar with the regular story line of what happens when the chain of evidence is broken and the hero comes […]

I love playing with words. You can have so much fun by deliberately drafting something that is open to interpretation and then waiting to see how others choose to read it. For example, one of my favourite jokes is about Mickey Mouse talking to his divorce lawyer and saying “I’m not divorcing Minnie because she’s […]

You can’t fail to have noticed how much talk there is about AI these days. Everyone either loves it or hates it. Everyone is either predicting that it’s going to take over (and change) the world, and/or that it’s the worst thing to ever happen to us. I’ve certainly heard plenty of people talking about […]

When the battle’s lost, and won! I do love a bit of Shakespeare – I love the fact that despite how old his plays are, so much of what he wrote about is still true today. Better three hours too soon than a minute late – I always hate to be late, so I usually […]

It sounds like something that a couple would say in the middle of an argument. I believe you when you say you stayed in the pub THREE HOURS after you said you’d be home for dinner – I just don’t understand why you’d rather stay out drinking with your mates than come home and have […]

Did you know that Walls have ears!!! They also have sausages, although I realise not everyone will get that joke. Nevertheless, you should be careful what you say, when you say it and who you say it to. As a parent, I’ve lost count of the number of times that I forgot my children were […]

The problem with having a reputation is that you can sometimes be falsely accused. I’m a fanatical football fan, and a fan of alcohol. Which means that when I’m seen on the football terraces with a cup in my hand, it’s automatically assumed that there is champagne in it, even though I’m very aware of […]

Freedom of speech is a common (if often misused) phrase. Yes, you can speak freely, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t consequences for what you say. If your partner asks you whether their bum looks big in that outfit, you can choose to lie (which might spare their feelings but might also mean they […]

One of the many MANY things they never teach you at Law School is how often you will have to deal with clients’ misconceptions about the law. These range from how long things will take (no, it’s not a five minute job to draft a three page witness statement and no I can’t just phone […]

. As a child, I had a number of family nicknames. Some I’m not going to repeat – although I have little doubt that my parents could be bribed into spilling the beans. But a few still come to mind from time to time. At my brother’s Bar Mitzvah, I was listed in the introductory […]