My first tweetle (is that the right word?)! My previous post on CCTV in the workplace made such a huge impression on the Interwebs that Yancey Thomas, with his Work Privacy tweddle-feed made a link to it with this twootum.

I love twitter - maybe I should twitling too? What do you think?

Labels: Blawgs, site updates

Absolvitor is shocked, suprised and saddened to read of "bunfights", "skulduggery" and "ambition, jealousy and outrage" at the Supreme Court - all over who would be the new Justice at the country's highest court.

According to Frances Gibb at The Times (and picked up by Charon QC) all is not as it seems in the appointment of the Supreme Court's No. 12. Specifically - the circumstances in which Jonathan "brain the size of a planet" Sumption QC was first of all seen as a shoo-in for the job and, then ... not so much.

In the words of Steve H, posting a comment on Gibb's article online: "Let us have excellence at the top, not rewards for time serving at the upper staff college level."

Labels: Blawgs, UK Supreme Court

I note from browsing human rights and anti-terror law blog, The Lift that a report commissioned by the Scottish Government has called for an immediate review of the funding of CCTV cameras. The report reports that the cost of operating the snooping devices over the next three years is more than 40 Million pounds. It also points out that there has been little research into their effectiveness in preventing crime and disorder.

Apparently, there are about 2,200 CCTV cameras in public spaces such as city centres, parks and shopping centres across Scotland (except Aberdeenshire, which has none).

And, according to the Telegraph, in London just one crime is solved a year by every 1,000 CCTV cameras. As the leader quite pointedly asks: "If they do not stop crime or catch criminals, what are they for?"

Posted on Absolvitor: Scots Law Online.

Labels: Blawgs, Human Rights, Privacy, Scottish Government

Just a brief round-up of some interesting posts I found recently on other legal blogs.

First, Techno Llama has an interesting and amusing post about the PRS and Google/YouTube. A sample for you: "If purpose and intent are of importance as to whether or not a fee should be paid, shouldn't there be an exception for equine listeners?"

Second, I learn from Naked Law that cybersquatting is on the rise. Apparently, during 2008, 2,329 people or companies reported instances of cyber-squatting, including Arsenal Football Club, Google, Nestle and Scarlett Johansson.

Finally, I spotted this YouTube clip on Divorce Survivor. Worth the just over a minute it takes to play out, I think.

The key to managing your lawyer? Lower your expectations!

Labels: Blawgs, IP