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 such genius is superfluous: much better to study his work instead. Better still, just watch his plays. On the subject of lawyers, the Bard crafted a pithy and oft-repeated […]
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 Saab v Dangate, Brown and Leighton makes for particularly interesting reading. Although her language is not injudicious, she certainly does not mince her words. In describing how two former […]
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 a swig from her friend’s wine glass. “I’m doing Dry January,” she said with a smile. Somewhat non-plussed, I looked at the large tumbler of orange juice from which […]
Although the Executive Branch has the prerogative to regulate this subject, legal decisions in favor of cannabis cultivation in the national territory are becoming increasingly common to compensate the State’s omission. Finally, the National Health Surveillance Agency – Anvisa enacted the long-awaited regulation for cannabis-based products. After so much speculation, RDC No. 327/2019 was unanimously […]
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 Edward Coke and Lord Mansfield – are not exactly household names. In particular, advocacy is generally regarded as an ephemeral art, not least because once spoken, a lawyer’s words […]
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 the sentiment expressed by leader writers across much of Britain’s print media in relation to Prince Andrew, the second son of the Queen and Prince Philip. By virtue […]
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 order of popularity and significance as determined by complex, opaque algorithms: Joe Jamail, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Jo White, David Boies, Clarence Darrow, Johnnie Cochran. And so on. No surprise […]
Anvisa and Brazilian House of Representatives yield to social pressure and move towards to the universalization of cannabis for medical purposes As scientific evidence advances on the therapeutic benefits of medicinal products made from Cannabis sp. extracts, the number of countries with specific regulations also increases. Substances from cannabis are being used as an alternative […]
The Luxembourg Arbitration Association a.s.b.l. (“LAA”), a non-profit organisation founded in 1996, and dedicated to the promotion and development of arbitration practice in Luxembourg, is proud to announce the launch of its website: www.luxarbitration.com Looking for an arbitrator, a counsel or a tribunal secretary? You will find all this and more in the “Members” tab. […]
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 be the third such election in four years. Now that the campaign is fully underway, the outcome nevertheless remains uncertain given the unreliability of opinion polls and the enormous […]
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 results, direct and indirect, of Prohibition. The hundredth anniversary of legislation which introduced the banning of alcohol in the United States recently passed without much notice. But its effect […]
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) sets itself apart from other offshore and onshore centres through the speed, efficiency and flexibility with which it deals with matters, especially those arising from fraud. Absent a statutory gateway for standalone injunctive relief, the Courts in the BVI have long grappled with extending relief to an aggrieved party who […]
