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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Traduire les textes juridiques suisses (DE-FR)
The University of Geneva is offering a 4-day course on translating Swiss legal texts. The working language will be French, and translations will be from German.
Third Roundtable on Forensic Linguistics, Mainz, Germany
The Germanic Society for Forensic Linguistics (GSFL) is holding its Roundtable in Forensic Linguistics 2015, which will be the third annual event, from September 4th- 6th 2015 in Mainz, Germany.
Monday smile – Light at the end of the tunnel
To all those not on holiday… Have a great week!
Opportunity in Brussels for UK trainee solicitors
The Brussels Office of the three Law Societies (England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) is currently offering trainee solicitors from the UK a unique opportunity to undertake a six-month secondment in the Brussels Office commencing in September 2015.
Reforms of Italian civil justice – Reporting from London
On Monday 13 July 2015, I attended a presentation at the Law Society, in London, UK, by Andrea Orlando, the Italian Minister of Justice, about the current reforms of the civil justice system in Italy.
Monday smile – Ice cream theft blunder
As large parts of Europe are currently having a heat wave, this post seemed particularly suitable.
Two teenagers in Utah, USA, managed to live broadcast themselves stealing tubs of ice-cream from a truck.
Environmental legislation – global database
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) makes available on its website The Global Climate Legislation Study. It is the fifth edition in a series dating back to 2010.
The 2015 edition covers 98 countries plus the EU, up from 66 in 2014.
Report on court interpreting in the EU
Following on from last week’s post on the European Guide for Legal Expertise (EGLE) project, I would like to bring to your attention the 2015 report of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) which gives an overview of the quality, independence and efficiency of the judicial systems of European Member States.
Monday smile – Forbidden fruit
A local council in the UK has been somewhat embarrassed in the press this week following a spat between a member of the public and a somewhat over-zealous warden.
Luke Gutteridge took his fight to court after being fined £75 for dropping orange peel in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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