The Melon of Life
Dude: can you put that balloon down and get ready for School?
Phoebe: it is not a balloon, it's the melon of life and if it hits the ground 3 times everyone dies
Public Sector lawyer seeks meaning and literary fame through blogging.
Dude: can you put that balloon down and get ready for School?
Phoebe: it is not a balloon, it's the melon of life and if it hits the ground 3 times everyone dies
Judges are having a hard time of it of late. Earlier this month, newspapers reported that Courts were at breaking point due to a surge in the number of cases and out of date computer systems. This week The Guardian reported on its challenge to the Ministry of Justice's decision to withold the names of Judges disciplined for misbehaviour. (Apparently, over 170 judges have been disciplined in the last 10 years for various matters including falling asleep during trials, inappropriate remarks etc.) And, as if that wasn't bad enough, jurors are using Google and Twitter whilst the Court is sitting resulting in a number of very expensive mis-trials - this report tells the story of one case where the Judge's decision was overturned, costing $13 million, because of a juror's online social networking during the trial.
Judges are having a hard time of it of late. Earlier this month, newspapers reported that Courts were at breaking point due to a surge in the number of cases and out of date computer systems. This week The Guardian reported on its challenge to the Ministry of Justice's decision to withold the names of Judges disciplined for misbehaviour. (Apparently, over 170 judges have been disciplined in the last 10 years for various matters including falling asleep during trials, inappropriate remarks etc.) And, as if that wasn't bad enough, jurors are using Google and Twitter whilst the Court is sitting resulting in a number of very expensive mis-trials - this report tells the story of one case where the Judge's decision was overturned, costing $13 million, because of a juror's online social networking during the trial.
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Doing some slides on mediation for a presentation, best quote so far - 'Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser - in fees, and expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man . . . Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.' Abraham Lincoln: Notes on the Practice of Law
Doing some slides on mediation for a presentation, best quote so far - 'Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser - in fees, and expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man . . . Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.' Abraham Lincoln: Notes on the Practice of Law
Define: Laches Lach"es\, Lache \Lache\, n. [OF. lachesse, fr. lache lax, indolent, F. l[^a]che, ultimately fr. L. laxus loose, lax. See Lax.] (Law) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim.
It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney. --Macaulay.
