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Desperate Housewives Indeed
Posted by Dan Bernard to Student Associates, OXILP/Oxford Brookes blog on the 19th March 2012.
Just when you thought the litigation happy culture of the U S of A could throw up no more surprises, it goes and slaps a lacy undercracker right around your face.
Some of you may be aware of Desperate Housewives (the U.S drama series not the...
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New Year and New Term
Posted by Dan Bernard to Student Associates, OXILP/Oxford Brookes blog on the 10th January 2012.
I hope everyone has had a fairly relaxing Christmas and New Year, unless of course, you have been plagued by a trifecta of essays as I have been!
I'm just checking in to say that after having a quick glance at my timetable, that my drop in...
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Certification Sessions
Posted by Dan Bernard to Student Associates, OXILP/Oxford Brookes blog on the 23rd November 2011.
I just wanted to say a massive thank you and congratulations to all who attended the Lexis certification sessions last week. I'm sorry I couldn't be there as I was in lectures and seminars all day but I have been informed that the turnout was high and...
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Trial by Media
Posted by Dan Bernard to Student Associates, OXILP/Oxford Brookes blog on the 1st November 2011.
With the prolonged and emotionally charged trial relating to the tragic death of Joanna Yeates finally reaching a conclusion, it has thrown many issues about how a high profile and public interest trial can be effectively conducted in this age of media...
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ILEX- A Very Real Alternative
Posted by Dan Bernard to Student Associates, OXILP/Oxford Brookes blog on the 17th October 2011.
It is well documented that graduate level jobs in the legal profession are among the most competitive positions in the world with some firms receiving over 200 applicants per place. Twin this with the task of getting into Law School and some people may...
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Lexis Check: Suck it and See!
Posted by Dan Bernard to Student Associates, OXILP/Oxford Brookes blog on the 3rd October 2011.
Just thought I'd let you all know about something that has certainly been a secret to me over the last couple of years. This something is a pretty swanky piece of software called LexisCheck.
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Facebook: Fighting a Losing Battle and Winning Comfortably
Posted by Dan Bernard to Student Associates, OXILP/Oxford Brookes blog on the 23rd September 2011.
The wailing cries of social networkers everywhere hails the arrival of another sizeable update to the cultural goliath that is Facebook. Just in case you have been living under the proverbial rock for the last 5 years, Facebook has become the forum for...
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My late arrival to the Smartphone party.
Posted by Dan Bernard to OXILP/Oxford Brookes blog on the 14th September 2011.
For my first blog post, I felt as though I should start by discussing not one of the summers many and varied legal issues, as I don’t quite feel in full on “legal study mode” quite yet, but an issue which had huge social ramifications for all mankind:...
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Politicians and intimate scandals
Posted by ChaulyPham to OXILP/Oxford Brookes blog on the 22nd May 2011.
In the last few weeks, we heard about super-injunction cases and the public furore that 'gagging orders' are designed to protect the rich and famous. Last week, a judge in the High Court ruled that super-injunctions will only be allowed in exceptional...
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It is time for English privacy law to develop
Posted by ChaulyPham to OXILP/Oxford Brookes blog on the 15th May 2011.
It may come as a surprise to you that there is no privacy laws in the English legal system. The press has the freedom of publishing pretty much what they like as long as it is true and is of public interests or national security. Freedom of speech in...
