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I am in the LLB for Graduates (2nd and final year) at the University of Birmingham. As an international, Canadian, I have worked in the legal field prior as a paralegal/legal assistant in Tax Litigation, but have also dealt with cases in Bankruptcy, Insolvency, Family, Small Claims, Immigration and even the Supreme Court of Canada. As a lecturer for Legal Assistants, I enjoyed teaching two courses. I am a down to earth person, who loves scary/horror movies. Pizza, wine and movie nights are always the best. I can be reached at Marcos.Persaud@gmail.com or via the University of Birmingham's WebCt Discussion Forum on the Intranet.

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  • UoB Students: £10 voucher for Waterstones

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    Posted by MarcosPersaud to Birmingham University blog on the 2nd May 2012.

    Want to Win £10 voucher for Waterstones

    Need some cash for that statute book or revision guide?

    Send me a sentence or two as to why you like using LexisNexis.
    Is there are feature you like? Is there a source you like?

    Email...

  • Do you upload? Did you Megaupload?

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    Posted by MarcosPersaud to Birmingham University blog on the 23rd April 2012.

    As you most know, I am a bit of a tech junkie. Back in January 19, 2012, the popular file sharing/video streaming website was shut down by the US Federal Authorities based on the copyright infringement. Many students treated this day as a day of...

  • Will Writing Regulated?

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    Posted by MarcosPersaud to Birmingham University blog on the 23rd April 2012.

    So this post did not get uploaded properly last week so I'm throwing it on here with this weeks to follow!

    For those studying Equity and Trust (myself included) this may be of some interest:

    The Legal Services Board ("LSB") has completed...

  • Mac Safe?

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    Posted by MarcosPersaud to Birmingham University blog on the 5th April 2012.

    I bought a Mac Book Pro last year hoping for a secure and stable computer. I have not been disappointed however until recently. In a recent report by a Russian Anti-Virus firm, there are over 600,000 thousand Macs infected with a Trojan type virus (...

  • Need a legal dictionary? You already have one!

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    Posted by MarcosPersaud to Birmingham University blog on the 20th March 2012.

    During my sessions, some of you have been fascinated with the "Find a legal Term Box" and so I thought I would share it would everyone.

    On the Hompage of LexisLibrary, simply type in a legal term such as Mens Rea and Lexis will pull a nice...

  • Government secrets and of course Facebook

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    Posted by MarcosPersaud to Birmingham University blog on the 12th March 2012.

    As most of you know, I have written about social media use and the vulnerability of person's data. The latest news of social media involves Facebook and NATO. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization members which are an intergovernmental military...

  • Court Proceedings via Facebook? YES!

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    Posted by MarcosPersaud to Birmingham University blog on the 5th March 2012.

    Short, but sweet. Take a look at the following article, whereby a High Court allowed service of a claim via Facebook.

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  • 2012 LexisNexis Student Survey!!!

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    Posted by MarcosPersaud to Birmingham University blog on the 22nd February 2012.

    Win £1000.00 in vouchers!!!
    Ten further entrants will be drawn at random and will each win £100 of Virgin vouchers.

    The survey asks questions about what research methods students use, which online legal research providers they are aware of...

  • Winners

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    Posted by MarcosPersaud to Birmingham University blog on the 15th February 2012.

    Sorry about the delay on LawCampus, I've posted this everywhere else!

    RESULTS:

    First off, everyone that entered the LexisNexis Competition, congrats, everyone got the right answer:

    Halsbury's Laws of England is which of the...

  • Applying for a career? Have Facebook, Twitter, Google+ etc?

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    Posted by MarcosPersaud to Birmingham University blog on the 1st February 2012.

    Be very careful. It has become a common practice, for certain employers, to creep the walls or tweets of potential candidates for employment. We have all heard of this but does it really happen? In 2009, CareerBuilder.co.uk, surveyed over 450...