An article in The Lawyer, Worldly Wise, by Professor Peter Jones, of Nottingham University, and Jill Janney, of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, discusses a new form of training they are developing to help young lawyers understand how their counterparts abroad understand the law
(via excited utterances).
Via Simons Blawg
and in jurtext.de (3rd June), netbib and delta-c.
On 20 May 2003, the presiding judge of a court in Hagen had the defence counsel put into prison for contempt of court. Ill summarize the story here, as it is told in a report by the North-Rhine-Westphalia association of criminal defense lawyers. Continue reading
Via Simons Blawg
and in jurtext.de (3rd June), netbib and delta-c.
On 20 May 2003, the presiding judge of a court in Hagen had the defence counsel put into prison for contempt of court. Ill summarize the story here, as it is told in a report by the North-Rhine-Westphalia association of criminal defense lawyers. Continue reading
Does anyone else get stuck on German court costs terms? Nearly half my time struggling with a court record (Protokoll) was taken up trying to find out what was meant by überschießender Vergleichswert. Context:
bq. Der Streitwert wird festgesetzt wie folgt:
– elterliche Sorge XXX EUR
– überschießender Vergleichswert XXX EUR
It doesn’t matter much to my client, who just needs evidence of the custody situation, but I did want to find out what it was before I did the translation. Continue reading
Does anyone else get stuck on German court costs terms? Nearly half my time struggling with a court record (Protokoll) was taken up trying to find out what was meant by überschießender Vergleichswert. Context:
Der Streitwert wird festgesetzt wie folgt:
– elterliche Sorge XXX EUR
– überschießender Vergleichswert XXX EUR
It doesn’t matter much to my client, who just needs evidence of the custody situation, but I did want to find out what it was before I did the translation. Continue reading
Via Dishings, a ‘blog for TV business and legal affairs’: a report in the Times on a case where a High Court judge had to interpret the expressions ‘shizzle my nizzle’ and ‘mish mish man’. Continue reading