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ruthieslaw

July 19, 2008 20:29

Dear readers…Ruthie is finding that a combination of her dayjob and her DIY projects are increasingly taking up her blogging time…and she is increasingly in demand for writing that she actually gets paid for. Rather than leave you all in suspense, I’ll let you know the bad news...

ruthieslaw

July 03, 2008 10:45

Ruthie was amused to hear on the radio this morning that Virgin Media have sent out some nasty letters to their customers who have allegedly been illegally downloading music and threatening to cut them off. Ruthie wonders when it has become the duty of service providers to enforce the law as...

ruthieslaw

June 26, 2008 08:48

The recent dearth of Ruthieposts has can be attributed to Ruthie’s house move, work, visting friends, recent sporting activities that take her away from her computer and absence of Broadband. Ruthie, being (at least a second level) geek requries coffee and broadband to function, over and...

ruthieslaw

June 15, 2008 22:28

Just to reassure readers…Ruthie has not been abducted by aliens or admonished by the Bar Council. I have just moved house…my world is full of bags and boxes. Merely shopping and posting a letter is an ordeal as I have to first locate the shop and the postbox. No broadband (as...

ruthieslaw

May 28, 2008 23:12

Maria Eagle, the Justice Minister has proposed that possessing drawings or computer generated images of the sexual abuse of children should be a crime, incurring a maximum sentence of three years imprisonment. Ruthie worries that the issue of child sexual abuse has been swept along on such a wave...

ruthieslaw

May 25, 2008 19:18

Ruthie notes with interest of late how many cases seem to be settling, the parties shaking hands and shuffling off to a happy compromise. It’s all very Carter/New Labour/ADR warm and cuddly. It’s also in terms of court proceedings quick and and cheap. Lawyers like it too, since they...

ruthieslaw

May 24, 2008 16:17

So, time to drink a black coffee, yawn and stretch, and greet the day with that special warm feeling that can only come from an especially well received Blawg Review. Goodness, Ruthie hasn’t had this much attention since her ballgown blew up and over her head at a judicial dinner. The...

VM

May 18, 2008 15:37

Dear Diary, Law Blog Review for the Week of May the 19th in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Eight Well, here it is. For months now, readers have been deluging Mistress Ruthie and I with private messages telling us what they would like us to do for them (although only Mr Greeklawyer has said...

ruthieslaw

May 15, 2008 16:07

Ruthie has been granted the honour by the mysterious and sexy Ed. of hosting the next Blawg Review on the 19th May 2008. What’s the blawg review and how can Ruthie’s loyal readers participate, I hear you cry? Well “Blawg Review is the blog carnival for everyone interested in law....

ruthieslaw

May 11, 2008 18:04

Ruthie was attending a dinner of the Great and the Good on Friday, having been invited to improve the average quality of the disco dancing. Ruthie, to compensate for her lack of diplomatic skills and comprehensive education, has learnt at such functions, simply to be nice to everyone and use both...