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September 2007 Archives

Smith chatter will put off talented future judges

3/09/2007

There has been a great deal of noise made about the unfortunate Mr Justice Smith. It would be unfortunate indeed if this deflected talented judges from seeking private employment after they decide to leave the bench.There is sometimes a naive...

Lion or gazelle, you'd better start running

5/09/2007

What is there to do on a rainy day in Cleveland, Ohio, whilst on holiday?Well, you can visit the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, which is well worth seeing for its documentation of the West Coast sound of the...

Now is not the time to panic

11/09/2007

Four months after leaving the law, it is interesting to sit and watch the response of the industry to the latest financial crisis.There is no doubt that those who took their holidays in August returned in September to an entirely...

More to admission ceremony than pomp and circumstance

12/09/2007

I write this having recently emerged from my first admission ceremony at Chancery Lane since becoming President. We should never forget what an achievement it is to become a solicitor, so to recognise this formally, with so with so many...

Reform of Attorney General role is not risk-free

14/09/2007

On 26 July the Government published a consultation paper on the role of the Attorney General, in which it examined “ways to strengthen confidence in the administration of the justice system and in the rule of law through reform of...

It could be you...

28/09/2007

Judging the British Legal Awards brought it all back.A bunch of eminent (well, senior, at least) lawyers meeting round a table in a semi-basement to decide who should win the awards for International Firm of the Year, M&A Team of...

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