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The Hague Apostille and document legalisation

May 15, 2013

Today I have the pleasure of welcoming Pedro Satué. He holds a postgraduate degree in Legal Translation from the University of …

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All about Omnibus Bills

January 2, 2013

“What is this legislative creature?” With thanks to Library Boy, let’s find out! Canada’s Library of Parliament recently published a paper …

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Judge gives lawyers editing lessons

November 20, 2012

In August this year, a US Judge, Steven D. Merryday at the District Court, Tampa Division, Florida, rejected submissions by …

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Article about forensic speech analysis & new magazine

November 16, 2012

A new language and linguistics magazine has just been launched that might interest you. The quarterly is called “Babel” and …

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Before & after the DSK affair – Review

November 13, 2012

A few weeks ago, I was invited by Jonathan Goldberg of the blog Le mot juste en anglais to review …

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Hot Coffee – film review

September 21, 2012

I recently came across the film Hot Coffee. For a film essentially about tort law, it is remarkably watchable. First-time …

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Codifying common law

September 20, 2012

I came across a very interesting article recently, published in the Jersey & Guernsey Law Review in June last year, …

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Problematic terms of art used in contracts

September 14, 2012

I am delighted to present a guest post today from Kenneth A. Adams. According to the Canadian periodical The Lawyers Weekly, …

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What exactly is corpus linguistics?

September 10, 2012

This post, in my mini-series of posts entitled ‘What exactly is…”, will try to give an overview of Corpus Linguistics …

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Reporting from Canterbury – Part 2

August 23, 2012

I hope you will enjoy this second post on the conference “Comparative Law: Engaging Translation”, once again, a subjective selection …

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