by Stephen Dillon Weston | Apr 1, 2021 | Legal English, Legal language, Legal Language questions
My thanks go to Jaroslav Opravil and Oliver Steuernagel at ERA for their excellent work and of course to the participants, whose lively contribution was much appreciated, and whose questions I address in the following notes. Please feel free to contact me if you have...
by Stephen Dillon Weston | Mar 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
” The law of this great England! Magnus Carter and all that! ” – Arthur Daley. History Magna Carta (‘the Great Charter’) was the first fundamental legal document in Britain confirming or granting individual rights. It began life as a programme of...
by Stephen Dillon Weston | Jan 24, 2021 | Legal English, Legal language
The BBC reported on Monday 18th January that the American rock band Pearl Jam had sent a ’cease and desist’ letter to the British tribute act Pearl Jamm, requiring the latter to destroy merchandise and hand over web domains and email addresses. Tribute bands often...
by Stephen Dillon Weston | Jan 10, 2021 | Current Affairs, Legal Language questions
Following the invasion of the Capitol by Trump supporters on 7 January 2021, and the President’s apparent encouragement of, and failure to condemn, the action, there have been calls for him to be: removed from office under the twenty-fifth Amendment to the U.S....
by Stephen Dillon Weston | Dec 31, 2020 | Legal Language questions
Can governments require people to get vaccinated? There are now vaccinations available against COVID. However, a large number of people – particularly in the West – have said that they refuse to get vaccinated. There are various reasons given for this refusal,...
