Apr
28
Hotshot lawyer cracks the Smithy code
Filed Under Fun
It did not take long. Dan Tench, a media partner at Olswang, who first discovered the “Smithy” code embedded in the Da Vinci Code judgment, has cracked it.
By Nick Holmes, 28 April 2006
Apr
27
Fancy a crack at the Da Vinci Code judgment code?
Filed Under Fun
Unnoticed for three weeks, Mr Justice Peter Smith embedded his own code in his recent Da Vinci Code judgment. Starting in paragraph 1 (page 5) he highlighted 42 letters in bold italic, the first ten spelling “smithy code” and the remainder (ending on page 13) a jumble yet to be decoded.
Yesterday’s New York Times reports […]
By Nick Holmes, 27 April 2006
Apr
25
Mental health law wiki
Filed Under Wikis
Another law wiki has just been started by one Jonathan (who he?). Wiki Mental Health is an internet resource on mental health law in England & Wales, primarily for mental health practitioners, to which anyone can contribute. There are currently three embryonic sections: commentaries on cases, with links to the full text judgments on BAILII; […]
By Nick Holmes, 25 April 2006
Apr
10
Great editorial on the risks of corporate blogging by Struan Robertson, Editor of OUT-LAW.com - the best new media law service around.
After a quick sentence about the benefits of corporate blogging he points out its risks:
the risk of defamation
unhappy bloggers generating negative PR
copyright and trade mark infringement (particularly easy)
a joke provoking a sexual or racial […]
By Nick Holmes, 10 April 2006
Apr
4
Innovation, technology and the law blog
Filed Under Law blogs
BlogScript is a UK-based cyberlaw blog by Lilian Edwards on innovation, technology and the law, specialising in online privacy and security law, cybercrime, online intermediary law (including eBay and Google law), e-commerce, digital property and whatever captures her eye - “with the odd tartan moment”.
By Nick Holmes, 4 April 2006
Apr
4
A Taxonomy of Legal Blogs (US and Canada)
Filed Under Law blogs
Ian Best, a third-year law student at Ohio State University, has just completed a Taxonomy of American and Canadian Legal Blogs, entitled 3L Epiphany, as part of a “blog-for-credit” Independent Study project.
I created 3L Epiphany primarily to study the growing phenomenon of legal blogs, the weblogs of lawyers, law professors, and law students. I have three […]
By Nick Holmes, 4 April 2006
Apr
3
More on the (marketing) value of blogs
Filed Under Blogging
Two comments in a recent Times article on law firm blogging support my view that the blogosphere occupies the position that the web itself did 10 years ago. Hands up those who, in 1996, did not appreciate the significance of the web as a marketing tool?
If your firm doesn’t have at least one lawyer who […]
By Nick Holmes, 3 April 2006
Apr
3
Serious Organised Crime Agency in business
Filed Under Government
The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is a new law enforcement agency created to reduce the harm caused to people and communities in the UK by serious organised crime. It takes over the functions of the National Crime Squad (NCS), the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), the role of HMRC in investigating drug trafficking and […]
By Nick Holmes, 3 April 2006
Apr
1
Tribunals Service launched
Filed Under Justice
The Tribunals Service, launched 1 April 2006, is a new executive agency of the DCA, providing common administrative support to the main central government tribunals. It marks the biggest change to the tribunals system in almost half a century. The following are now part of the Tribunals Service (some having transferred sponsoring departments), with new […]
By Nick Holmes, 1 April 2006
