Guernsey law / Recht der Kanalinseln
am 01.10.2005 von TransblawgOn and around the British Isles (a geographical term), there are six jurisdictions: England and Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland; Ireland; Isle of Man; Channel Isles. (The Channel Isles …
Tattooed solicitor/Tätowierter Solicitor
Transblawg / Paul Beckett, of Mannin Chambers on the Isle of Man, must be the most-tattooed lawyer in the British Isles (the IoM is not part of the UK, nor a full part of the EU, and has its own legal system, albeit close to English law). Heres a picture fr…
Haro / Sark, UK
Transblawg / The OUP Blog (based in the USA) refers to 'Sark, United Kingdom'. What's more, this contribution comes from Ben Keene, described as the editor of the Oxford Atlas of the World. I thought it was a given that the Channel Islands are not pa…
Jura Blog
Transblawg / No, for those whose geographical knowledge is limited, this is not the Jura around Arbois in France, but the island of Jura off Scotland. Small Isles Blog Jura - apparently George Orwell wrote 1984 here. Picture above from Ileach. You may see A…
Interpretation Act 1978 / Englisches Auslegungsgesetz
Transblawg / The Interpretation Act 1978 (originally 1889) defines various terms for most Acts in force in England and Wales, and to some extent Northern Ireland and Scotland too. I’ve put a copy (accuracy not guaranteed) online - it should be useful...…
Haro! Guernsey Bar website
Transblawg / For those on or near the islands tired of English/Welsh law, Scots law, Northern Irish law, Irish law, Isle of Man law and Jersey law: Guernsey Bar is a new website introducing Guernsey law and lawyers. The purpose of this...…
Ethnic diversity in the UK/Ethnische Vielfalt in Großbritannien
Transblawg / The Independent today has a map showing the most ethnically diverse areas of Britain, or perhaps England and Wales - Scotland and Northern Ireland are described in text beside the map, but not coloured in. I’ll have to go to Brighton (least rel…
Judicial dress again/ Richterroben
Transblawg / Following the recent entry on changes to court dress in England and Wales, RA-Blog gives a link to a page with pictures of judicial dress all over the world. It's not quite accurate when referring to England and Wales - not surprisingly, since t…
British English being promulgated in New York
Transblawg / (Source) British Airways has started an advertising campaign in New York to help accustom Americans to British expressions before they arrive in the UK: On billboards and bus shelters across Manhattan, “Brit-speak” can be heard loud and…
What common law is
Transblawg / (Mainly British usage) The term common law has several meanings, such as: 1. (in contrast to local law) DEF The law common to the whole of England after 1066, as opposed tolocal law, which had existed before 1066 and continued...…
British Election Blogs
Handakte WebLAWg / The U.K. citizenry has followed in Americas footsteeps by turning election-year blogs into an important part of the election. The main difference between Britains national election (May 5) and Americas of 2004 is that the U.K. results are not e…
HABM: irische Markenanmelder
MarkenBlog / Rangliste der irischen Unternehmen mit den meisten Europäischen Gemeinschaftsmarken. Anzahl der Marken in Klammern. Kingspan Group, PLC (86) Punch Industries (68) Kerry Group (63) R & A Bailey & Co. (62) Diageo Ireland (41) Irish Distill…
Google scheitert im ADR-Verfahren um googles.eu
MarkenBlog / Weil der Nachweis fehlte, dass die beschwerdeführende Google Ireland Tochterunternehmen oder Lizenznehmerin der Markeninhaberin Google Inc. ist, wurde der Anspruch auf die Domain googles.eu vom Prager Arbitration Center for .EU Disputes zurückgewi…
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