London used to be described by the media as the defamation capital of the world. In the 1980s and 1990s, when high profile international litigants brought […]

In a crisis, cash is king. It underpins the fiscal health of every business and the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. Demand […]

“There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience.” The words […]

At the bottom of every UK Google search page, there is a message that few people (save the legally astute) ever take much notice of: Some […]

Shakespeare had something of a way with words: a talent to amuse, abuse, beguile and bewitch through his unparalleled mastery of language. Any attempt to define […]

English judges are known for choosing their words very carefully:  In this context, the recent Commercial Court judgment of Mrs Justice Cockerill in the case of […]

Why young lawyers are turning away from alcohol-related social events. At a recent Sunday lunch party, a middle-aged lawyer reached in front of me to take […]

Ask people to name a famous lawyer in history and they would struggle. After all, the most prominent lawyers in English history – such as Sir […]

A child born into a royal family cannot be unborn from it, merely hidden away in the hope that people forget about him. That has been […]

It’s a contentious question. So out of curiosity, I searched ‘greatest ever lawyer’ and hit return. Up they came. A photo montage of Google’s greatest in […]

That we finally have another general election has been widely anticipated. So much for the Fixed-term Parliaments Act – something of a misnomer since this will […]

The night club. The speedboat. The mob. The booze cruise. The spread of jazz. The cocktail. What do they all have in common? They are the […]