This blogpost is written in advance of my forthcoming lecture at Brunel University of London Law School, concerning investigative discourse analysis: An analysis of the construction of a sentence, the length of that sentence, choice of tenses and propositions, choice of words and structure generally to identify changes inconsistent with the usual course of language
Foundations for The Future Are today’s law students going to be fit to practice as solicitors? I read the corporate strategy of the Law Society with intrigue and trepidation. Intrigue because I am excited about what the future holds. Trepidation, because underlying our great profession is an assumption that our fellow members hold high professional
We all have a sense of what is good and what is just, and what is justice. Even if we are wrongdoers, do we convince ourselves as sound rational thinkers, that we are still right and just in our actions, sufficient to convince a court of law?
“Behaviour is the mirror in which everyone shows their image” – Johann Wolfgang (von) Goethe (1749-1832).
Where Is Our Government’s Moral Compass?
“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret’”
– Ambrose Bierce, influential journalist and author (1842 – 1914)
In the words of Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), has been called “arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history”:
“The True Measure Of A Man Is How He Treats Someone Who Can Do Him Absolutely No Good.”
Advocates Who Take Their Time, Say So Much More. “…a man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts
Technology, And The Importance Of Being Punctilious. “… punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling”. The Oxford English dictionary cites the word punctilious as ‘showing great attention to detail or correct behaviour’. It is no coincidence that the word, ‘punctilious’ applies as much to manners, as it does
