Author Archives: Ruthie

Power to the people

Ruthie has now been dubbed a “Working Class Hero” following her recent rant on radio 4 about posh kids getting all the jobs. Less Citizen Kane and more Citizen Smith Ruthie will now be plotting marxist revolution from a field in Kings Lynn. Still now we have a lefty in power and a postal strike […]

Ruthie goes nationwide

Regular readers will know that Ruthie has something of a bee in her bonnet when it comes to issues of access to the legal profession. So imagine her fury when lounging in bed listening to Radio 4 this morning she heard some solicitor (Sarah Harman, never heard of her, no idea who she is) opine […]

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Blair appointed as international Middle East peace envoy

and other groundbreaking appointments saw Hitler appointed as representative for diversity, and Van Hoogstraten appointed representative for commercial relations.
For God’s sake Blair haven’t you done enough damage? You had your chance and you messed it up. Now let someone else have a go, although it will probably take about three generations to sort out the […]

Be afraid, be very afraid…

Ruthie has been in a world of pain for the last couple of weeks drafting schedules, which when the trial preparation jobs are dished out is surely the shortest and shittiest stick to get. However Ruthie, unlike Geeklawyer, accepts that her place in universe means that such tasks are on occassion unavoidable, and serve to […]

Ruthie plays with tools

Ruthie has been down at her local generic vehicle maintenance superstore (don’t see why I should mention their name unless they want to pay us for advertising. Hey, since the conference we’re valuable property..baby) buying spanners. Ruthie loves buying tools in macho vehicle parts stores since it so clearly disconcerts all the men in the […]

Geeklawyer Christmas Party 2007

By popular demand. Suggestions/comments/offers of venues/free booze below please.
Geeklawyer: please sort this out.

Ruthie has a real new venture

Ruthie is pleased to announce her new website (warning: liable to induce narcolepsy in anyone other than criminal lawyers, defendants or magistrates). This will be a blog dedicated to an academic discussion of criminal law, with particular emphasis on regulatory crime, which is what Ruthie actually does all day when she’s not playing on here. […]

Work

Apologies to readers who may be missing me: I haven’t been tied up in a cellar by Geeklawyer. (Unless of course he is writing this and attributing it to me, so in fact I may be tied up in a cellar, you’ll never know for sure). No, sadly until I win the lottery or someone […]

Old people: make ‘em work

Compulsory viewing tonight: “The great granny chart invasion” at 9pm which seeks to highlight the plight of Britain’s old people by the formation of a rock band “The Zimmers”- average age 68 - with a lead singer of 90.

Law Blog 2007: they thought it was all over, it is now.

As the curry stains are being wiped and the dregs of rioja shaken from the bottle, Ruthie reflects on the outcome of first European law blogging conference, and firstly remains astounded that so many people including influential members of the blogging community attended, and secondly that the day passed off seemingly without a hitch.
A big […]