[Note: this was published on our Chambers website last week. But since it was me who wrote it, it also belongs here. Apologies to those who've therefore been exposed to it twice.] Civil courts can do lots of things. They decide whether a deal is really a deal.
John Naughton (Whom - as he puts it - God Preserve) includes a chunk at the end of his usually thrice-weekly blog for stuff he's just noticed somewhere and wants to keep a record of. This is a reinterpretation of a very, very old and excellent habit: people used
This isn't the first time I've mentioned these little heuristics, I realise. But as we go into another year likely to be dominated by shouted appeals to the demons in our souls, rather than the angels of our better natures, something I read on New Year&
It's been too quiet around the Scott-Joynt online homestead. There are personal reasons (good or otherwise I'll leave you to judge when I finally get round to setting them out). But one other reason is friction. Maintaining both a Wordpress site (at https://remoteaccessbar.com)
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It's nice to see a government at least pretend to take fraud seriously. It'd be nicer for them actually to do so.
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We've all kicked ourselves on occasion for missing the chance to ask about the thing that's really important. Although sometimes the answer is too obvious for words...
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Politicians shade the truth. Fact of life. But that's different from deliberately seeking to mislead. Option one is excusable. Option two isn't. Kwasi Kwarteng: I'm looking at you.
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Weight isn't just a matter of physics. It's a matter of heart.
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The best and worst things in life. They trip you up, if missed. They redeem your soul, if marked.
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Let me tell you a story. I think it’s about corruption. But do decide for yourself.
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Words change the world. Sometimes they do so as a result of malice aforethought. Maybe, just maybe, there's a word for that...
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Three days ago, someone murdered David Amess. We were political poles apart; and yet he strove to be my representative. We owe it to him to remember these are not mutually exclusive.