Often in life we hear a story, or read an article, where a point of view is being put forward, as fact. The reader, or listener, is then often asked or expected to do something on the basis of that point of view, which is never questioned.
I call that attitude the [...]
Category Archives: The Saturday Slot
The dangers of the ‘we all think’ mindset
Without prejudice – what does it mean?
Starting a Saturday slot occasional series on legal phrases.
Without prejudice – what is it?
Without prejudice is one of those legal phrases which are often used in casual conversation, but what does it really mean?
Without prejudice is a useful way of protecting your position in a dispute. Say you are a landlord and have a [...]
Five reasons why you should use a solicitor for your legal work
Lots of people feel wary about using solicitors, considering them to be too expensive (and a bit pompous), so it is perhaps worth having a post on this blog giving the reasons why using a solicitor is generally a good idea.
1. Legal knowledge and training
It takes a long time to study and train to be [...]
The Novice Guide to Court Hearings – index
This was a seven part Saturday Slot series of posts on Court Hearings (in the UK) which ran in June/July 2010.
The seven parts were as follows:
Part 1 : Introduction
This introduces the series, sounds a few warning notes, and outlines the sort of hearings this series will be looking at. Which is mostly small claims, not [...]
The Novice Guide to Court hearings: part 7 After the hearing
This Saturday Slot post is the seventh and final part of my weekly series of posts on Court Hearings (in the UK). You can see the others >> here.
After the hearing
You will probably think of lots of things you should have said! Don’t worry, we all do that.
If you missed the hearing
The Judge [...]
The Novice Guide to Court hearings: part 6. Judgement and costs
This Saturday Slot post is the sixth part of my weekly series of posts on Court Hearings (in the UK). You can see the others >> here.
Judgment time
So. You have finished making your presentation about your case. You have cross examined your opponents witnesses and you think you have picked up on all [...]
The Novice Guide to Court hearings: part 5 trials
This Saturday Slot post is the fifth part of my weekly series of posts on Court Hearings (in the UK). You can see the others >> here.
Trials
This is the type of hearing which everyone worries about. But if you are calm and careful about it, they can be fine. The first thing to do, is [...]
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