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TOP TEN (SHORT) PIECES OF ADVICE  FOR LAWYERS ABOUT CORRESPONDENCE: AVOID ADVERBS (BASICALLY), OH AND DISCUSSING YOUR CASE LOUDLY ON A TRAIN...

TOP TEN (SHORT) PIECES OF ADVICE FOR LAWYERS ABOUT CORRESPONDENCE: AVOID ADVERBS (BASICALLY), OH AND DISCUSSING YOUR CASE LOUDLY ON A TRAIN…

October 13, 2020 · by gexall · in Avoiding negligence claims, Conduct

Continuing with the series on guidance for new entrants to the profession (and a useful reminder for the rest of us).   This is ten pieces of advice from the lawyers of Twitter after I wrote a piece on the lack…

"THEY LOST": THE DANGERS OF OVERCONFIDENCE IN CORRESPONDENCE

“THEY LOST”: THE DANGERS OF OVERCONFIDENCE IN CORRESPONDENCE

December 19, 2019 · by gexall · in Appeals, Applications, Civil evidence, Conduct

“Never write anything you will be embarrassed by the court reading” is an essential piece of advice for all lawyers (and one I suspect we have all, occasionally, breached). An example can be seen in the opening lines of the…

COURTESY, CONDUCT AND LITIGATION: A ROUND UP OF THE POSTS

COURTESY, CONDUCT AND LITIGATION: A ROUND UP OF THE POSTS

July 3, 2018 · by gexall · in Abuse of Process, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Conduct, Useful links

Last week I set out the responses on Twitter about professional courtesy and conduct.  This is a good opportunity to recap on the four posts on this subject. “AGGRESSIVE CORRESPONDENCE” AND EFFECTIVE LITIGATION: ARE THE TWO SYNONYMOUS OR DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED…

AGGRESSIVE INTER-SOLICITOR CORRESPONDENCE: PISTOLS AT DAWN & THE DANGERS OF TALKING ON TRAINS: LESSONS FROM TWITTER

AGGRESSIVE INTER-SOLICITOR CORRESPONDENCE: PISTOLS AT DAWN & THE DANGERS OF TALKING ON TRAINS: LESSONS FROM TWITTER

July 1, 2018 · by gexall · in Applications, Avoiding negligence claims, Civil Procedure, Conduct

Earlier this week I tweeted a link to earlier posts on this blog “aggressive correspondence”.  The responses on Twitter make for interesting  (and entertaining) reading.  The legal Twitterati provide quite a few lessons here – from the art of brevity…

"ROBUST" BUT NOT GRATUITOUSLY OFFENSIVE:" SRA GUIDANCE ON COMMUNICATIONS WITH OTHER FIRMS AND LITIGANTS IN PERSON: THE FUTILITY OF RUDENESS

“ROBUST” BUT NOT GRATUITOUSLY OFFENSIVE:” SRA GUIDANCE ON COMMUNICATIONS WITH OTHER FIRMS AND LITIGANTS IN PERSON: THE FUTILITY OF RUDENESS

August 24, 2017 · by gexall · in Conduct

The Solicitors Regulatory Authority has issued guidance today on “Offensive communications”   It gives me a chance to recap on earlier posts about the futility of rudeness. “Your role is to act in the client’s best interests; antagonising the other side…

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WRITE: THE SUPREME COURT MAY READ IT ONE DAY (AND IT MAY END UP ON A BLOG SOMEWHERE...)

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WRITE: THE SUPREME COURT MAY READ IT ONE DAY (AND IT MAY END UP ON A BLOG SOMEWHERE…)

April 14, 2017 · by gexall · in Appeals, Conduct

There has already been some interesting debate on Twitter about one aspect of the Supreme Court decision in Times -v- Flood [2017] UKSC 33 that has not made the headlines.   Dominic Regan observed that the case is another example…

"AGGRESSIVE CORRESPONDENCE" AND EFFECTIVE LITIGATION: ARE THE TWO SYNONYMOUS OR DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED?

August 20, 2015 · by gexall · in Case Management, Civil evidence

There is an interesting report by Chloe Smith in The Law Society Gazette “Solicitor reprimanded for email calling opponent a “plonker””.  The comments that follow that article are equally interesting with the usual mix of wry and witty observations.  The…

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