At large in Peterborough
Visiting Peterborough last week to talk to a group of lawyers about Smart e-Discovery, I found myself walking past the magnificent ancient cathedral in the centre of this otherwise (some would say)...
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In his article for The Harvard Business Review Death by Information Overload Paul Hemp cites research that reveals not only how our personal wellbeing but also our productivity can be affected by the...
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e-Discovery coming of age
Back in May this year, in an interview that appeared in Legal Week, I was prepared to hedge my bets as to whether a tipping point in the use of electronic discovery methods had been reached. Now I am...
View ArticleBloody Sunday and IT
When I was in private practice, I acted for the Bloody Sunday Tribunal. The inquiry is chaired by Lord Saville of Newdigate (originally a Law Lord and now one of the Supreme Court Justices) and is...
View ArticleMusings from the coalface
This week I trained my 100th lawyer on using the CaseLogistix review platform. During the dozen or so training sessions I have conducted over the past couple of months both face to face and via the web...
View ArticleBloody Sunday
Some time in May 1998, I returned to my office from a meeting to find on my desk a three page fax (remember those?) from the Solicitor to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry asking if Eversheds would be prepared...
View ArticleSquid & cream
With summer coming to an end (although the recent weather over the Bank Holiday suggests this has already happened) we can look forward with keen anticipation to what the autumn and the first half of...
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A poke in the eye
idea of poking someone in the eye with the end of a biro is not one which occupies my mind a lot. I have to say, however, that the prospect of damage is high. The mere thought of a sharp pointed object...
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Burying our heads in the clouds
Did you see the 2004 film “Head in the Clouds“? I did not! But if you had you would know that the protagonists face unpalatable choices in 1930s Europe. In fact I had never heard of it until told about...
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The old order changeth
Of all the poems I was made to learn at school, few have remained with me as much as Tennyson’s Morte d’Arthur. I cannot help but be moved by the opening lines: “So all day long the noise of battle...
View ArticleSpotlight on Nuix
In what is a first for Millnet, Stuart Clarke introduces a guest contributor, Adrian Cassidy of Nuix. Adrian discusses how Nuix Investigator software can tackle the challenges of collecting, processing...
View ArticleParis Blue
Authors often say they experience difficulty in deciding on a title for their scribblings. Naming a film, book or poem can pose problems, although sometimes the answer is obvious. Think about Jane...
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Revolutions with numbers
Thomas Paine was born in Thetford in Norfolk in 1737 and died in NYC in 1809 and is credited with being the inspiration behind the decision which led America to secede from Britain. Paine had an...
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Hats off to the High Court
Some years ago now, I was involved in two major public inquiries which were much in the news. One was the Savile Inquiry into the events in Londonderry in Northern Ireland on Sunday January 30th...
View ArticleMurray and Stokes v Neil Dowlman Architecture Limited
In the flurry of articles and general excitement over the introduction of the Jackson reforms, I appear to have overlooked a case which was decided by Mr Justice Coulson sitting in the Technology and...
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Vanilla
Vilified in death to such an extent that his bones have been moved on a number of occasions to prevent attempts at desecration, Hernando (Fernando) Cortes was one of the most successful conquistadors...
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160,000,000
One hundred and sixty million. Occasionally, I find that, when following the news a fraction more closely than normal, I discover what might be described as coincidences. Over the past few weeks, I...
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Get fit
If you are staying abreast of the development of best practice after the coming into effect of the Jackson reforms, you are presumably following the series of articles by the indefatigable Judge Simon...
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Social media and the President of the Pipe Club of Japan
Some time back, while researching the subject matter for an article I wanted to write, I came across a piece written by a lawyer in Tennessee. Isn’t the internet wonderful? It was clearly a scholarly...
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Not me!
We all have our pet hates. Yours may be completely different from mine, but we all have views about things and people around us. It is part of being human and being capable of rational and, let’s be...
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