Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Your assignment, ST, is to argue on behalf of the blind driver when he sues the estates of the Wright brothers for negligence. If they had not invented the plane, 9/11 would never have happened and Iraq would not be invaded. The terrorist bomb that blew his eyes from his head would not have gone off and he would be fully sighted, thus it was Orville and Wilburs fault the offence took place.
Hint; The Wright brothers estate has decided to argue remoteness of cause.
It all makes about as much sense as the current case, and "Injurylawyers4u" will take it on a no win no feee basis.
i think i need a lie down.
Alan

LOL, Alan, great idea for a tort problem (Soul Traders LJ with the leading opinion, Mr. Justice Hewitt dissenting :o). Takes me back . . . In fact, your memory is better than mine; it would appear I have blanked most of my four years' law study. Imagine: I spent all that time studying Law and French and wind up working in banking in Germany!

There was also something about Veitchi v Junior books and a badly-laid carpet, but that may have been after your time.

Wasn't Rylands something about not allowing a dangerous object on your land to cause damage to the property of another?

PS, Al, does that mean you read law? I always had you down as a physicist after those eloquent descriptions of quantum thingummy.

Rylands v fletcher was a class of Tort exactly as you describe. the lovely thing is that gypsies were held to be objects.
Never read law beyond "A" level, ST, but loved the arguing it involved, so it is carved dearly on my heart. I too am in finance and banking, for my sins, and Physics is just a hobby of mine, ever since I first read Stephen hawkings brief history of time.
For anyone whos never had any interest at all in science though, I would recommend Bill Brysons "Short history of nearly everything". Fantastic read and very humorous.
Alan

Rylands was about gypsies? I give up - now it's me who needs a lie-down!

I knew you were in finance cos I've had a peek at your website - thought maybe you'd had a big dose of law as part of some accountancy thing.

Clearly you are a multi-faceted intellect, and therefore to be esteemed. :o)

geez, you two don't half talk some shite !! ;)

And we're never happier than when doing just that, Bos :o)

Manure, faeces, crap, poo, number 2, dirt, muck, stinky, dog log, effluent, sewerage.............................

hey, you certainly know your shit ;)

Scheisse, Kacke, Faekalien, merde, merda, mierda, crotte, for the international community ;o)

i rest my case :)

heaven ..... mmmmm!

"Man blows up speed camera in attempt to avoid prosecution" - unfortunately for him the speeding images and the images of him coming back to blow up the camera where stored in the base. Must have been pig sick when he found that out

A guy is reading his paper when his wife walks up behind him and smacks him on the back of the head with a frying pan.
He asks, "What was that for?"
She says, "I found a piece of paper in your pocket with 'Betty Sue' written on it."
He says, "Jeez, honey, remember last week when I went to the track? 'Betty Sue' was the name of the horse I went there to bet on." She shrugs and walks away. Three days later he's reading his paper when she walks up behind him and smacks him on the back of the head again with the frying pan.
He asks, "What was that for?"
She answers, "Your horse called."

Been househunting today.
we shot 2 bungalows and a big bull detatched!!
Seriously. We been looking for a large lump of land to build our own on, or a knackered barn to do up, or something like that. Where the hell do people find 'em???
We see them done all over, and converted barns are all over the place, but we cannot find out how you get to know about them before they're sold!!
Ah well. Back to the drawing board, and living in my 2 up 2 down cardboard box.
alan

Al
There you go nice view

Al, aren't there any estate agents round your way?

Loads, but...well......they're estate agents, aren't they!!!
if its any good, they just flog it on quick to a local developer. People like me don't have a snowball in hells chance.
The real problem is if its big enough for what we want to build, the owners get planning for a gazillion 3 storey shoeboxes, and flog it on to Barratt homes or someone, and when we have found something, the local council has tut-tutted our ideas and said that they need to put the maximum number of properties on any land they grant permission for.
Its a real ball ache. There must be a way, but I'm buggered if I can find it!!
Alan

There is a way - go to France and buy one there! When you've finished doing it up, I'll gladly come over and help you drink the contents of the cellar :o)

Would love to, ST, but I have a problem there.
I cannot continue to hold my licence with the FSA if I am resident abroad, so some of my business interests would have to fold. Interfering pratts that they are.
:-(((
Alan