Who said the doctrine of fraudulent misrepresentation applied to dating ads? Well, even if it doesn’t, this chap is probably doing his best to avoid getting caught out…

Disgruntled Lawyer Seeks Hot Girl for Broken Plans and Disappointment – 33 (Lower East Side)
Reply to: pers-jgmm9-1258273540@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads? ]
Date: 2009-07-07, 5:02PM EDT
Hi there, I’m a depressed overweight overworked balding lawyer that hates his job and suffers from loneliness and high blood pressure. I’d like to meet a fun, …

Walter Emms, 76, pleaded guilty to two counts of causing a public nuisance at Woking Magistrates’ Court and was jailed for four months last week . The pestilent pensioner dialled 999 a total of 42 times asking for the emergency vehicle to be sent to his home when he did not need one.

On one occasion he even dialled emergency services and demanded paramedics come immediately – when one was already in his house reports the Telegraph :

"On April 1 …

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Our only justification for putting this up is that it is quite funny. Oh and the police do make an appearance. And it is Friday.

Via The Legal Satyricon

If so, you might find this chap interesting. Though it seems the frustrating process of dating via classified listings may have brought out the tough guy trapped in this nerd’s body.

Doesn’t anyone find nerds/geeks sexy? – 35 (South Mipples)
Reply to: pers-zvm9r-1223694638@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads? ]
Date: 2009-06-15, 10:45PM CDT

Alright. Here’s try number 2. Why the second try? Because of all the replies I’ve received, I feel it necessary for the disclaimers below.

Yeah. I’m a geek. I dig science fiction …

Blame culture, it’s everywhere. If you’re not getting the blame at work you can bet your getting the blame as a lawyer for something. The ambulance-chasing variety seem to have managed to get the whole profession tarred with the compensation culture brush and blamed for nannying health and safety rules. Perhaps then by the same logic lawyers should be praised for the advent of the following snippets of entertainment provided by local councils cowering in fear of …

Get arrested and this happens, you’ll want more than your right to silence…

Man burned at the burning man festival assumed risk of being burnt by burning man says court:-

On June 30, the California Court of Appeal held that a man who was burned by the huge bonfire that ends the Burning Man festival each year could not sue the festival organizers.  Anthony Beninati admitted he had intentionally walked into the fire, and that he had previously known fire was hot.  But he argued, basically, that the organizers were negligent …

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This will either make you cringe or laugh or maybe a bit of both. In the week following the King of Pop’s death we have see much media coverage and hysteria. Never far from a lawyer’s reach in life, the superstar singer looks set to have an ongoing relationship with many more in death with the wrangles over his estate. Despite his regular proximity to the legally versed we don’t imagine it was the inspiration for his music but …

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We like to keep an eye out for laws of the land being put to good use…

A seven strong coffee morning for over 50s which has met at Eye Library in Eye, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, every Tuesday for the last four years without incident have had their meetings axed by concerned council officials reports the Telegraph .

The conscientious health and safety officers banned the outrageous meetings claiming that toddlers from a …

There may be good reasons that lawyers in the UK tend to be rather conservative when it comes to advertising.

Maybe cowboy solicitors just don’t want to advertise the fact.

Whatever; you gotta love that can-do attitude!

Source: ATL

More redundancies have been announced in our Corporate Teams.

“So much for green shoots of recovery!” Jane huffs.  “At this rate there won’t be any gardeners left to tend them.”

“The partners will still be here,” Dan informs her, “None of them has been asked to leave yet.”

“Oh, that’s good.  Lots of overweight, overpaid orks fighting over the seedlings!”

Jane’s metaphors are becoming increasingly strange.

“Not to mention eating the profits, “Dan agrees. “There’s no chance of a pay rise for us with them still skulking …

The old fashioned notice board – still going strong despite the advent of online rivals and office intranet. Submitted anonymously from the inner workings of large corporation somewhere, to the aptly named passiveaggressivenotes :

Via Popehat

A plea for help…

Nice try but… “A Portland attorney who blamed his German luxury car for a speeding ticket was told he was responsible, not the automaker,” reports AP/OregonLive

C. Akin Blitz used the powerful argument that his Ultimate Driving Machine was soooo good that he had no idea his BMW 535xi was going 76 mph in a 55 mph zone; he even buttressed his arguments with a PowerPoint presentation and testimony from a mechanic.

Blitz said he was just trying to get ahead …

The swatting of a fly by the US President caused much excitement on the airwaves last week. (If you didn’t see the incident on the news click here for a remix). For the most part praise was heaped on Obama for his Mr Miyagi-style performance; the Huffington Post reports that PETA, however, is sending President Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside. PETA spokesman …

Thinking of going solo…

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If you like your humour on the intellectual side or your commercial awareness laced with a bit of humour, this may be for you. Not strictly ‘legal’ and not Jack Dee but it should appeal to those with even a passing interest in economics. So that’s just about everyone at the moment then…

A fine bit of