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2021ii22, Monday: tl;dr.
Lord Leggatt is a judicial hero. And, as we now know, he understands that somethings really are too long; didn't read. Also: creative conflict at its best.
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2021ii19, Friday: "Sleaze"... and a Free Man of England.
Rabbie Burns was right. We need to see oursels as ithers see us - particularly where corruption is concerned. And on another tack: a lovely court victory over a dangerously deluded sovereign citizen.
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2021ii17, Wednesday: the other shoe.
So it's four days since I took a test, three since the result. Not much in the way of symptoms. How long, o Lord, how long...
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2021ii15, Monday: Damn.
Positive test. Feeling OK, but that may well not last. Please forgive me, but writing this may not be a priority till I'm through...
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2021ii12, Friday: Different ≠ worse.
Why section 3 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 has a lesson for our polarised world. And something special about the spiritual geography of offices - those places we may miss more than we know.
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2021ii10, Wednesday: “Conspiracy without the theory.”
Some excellent, if depressing, writing on the modern prevalence and abuse of conspiracy theories. But also: fantastic new knowledge tools for Mac/iOS users.
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2021ii8, Monday: The intellectual dishonesty of pushing buttons.
New rule. If you use a dog-whistle, I'll stop reading. Fair enough? And a lovely rabbit-hole for word-loving geeks.
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2021ii5, Friday: Malleable memory.
The litigation process causes witness inaccuracy - and the courts are recognising that. Also: a wonderful hymn to the joy of errors. And why stories can help fight corruption.
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2021ii3, Wednesday: Getting away with it.
Fraud hurts huge numbers of people, hugely - yet it’s a law enforcement also-ran. When might that change? And, staying with crime, fantastic writing about my favourite detective author of all time.
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2021ii1, Monday: Hack job.
The Times publishes a misleading set of hit pieces about employment tribunals and judges. One of those it insults is a colleague. I can't in good conscience let it lie.
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2021i29, Friday: remote learning.
A 10-day trial is tiring. Done remotely, it’s exhausting; a few thoughts on how to cope. And a couple of wise lessons on motivated reasoning and analogies: food for thought for us advocates.
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2021i27, Wednesday: "The vital importance of audit".
It's a complex world, drowning in data. But there are tools to help the brain cut through. And they help litigators, too.