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Belfast Project: UK Supreme Court to Hear McIntyre’s Appeal
The UK Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of Anthony McIntyre, the former IRA member and principal researcher for the Belfast Project, the oral history project gone wrong that I covered extensively over several years. I’m not going to review the history of the case here. I’ll just say that after the UK……
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Historical Tidbit of the Day: Ostracism
In ancient Athens, the citizens would vote from time to time to exile particular citizens from the city for ten years. We know about the practice from Aristotle’s Constitution of Athens, from Plutarch, and no doubt from other authors. The idea was that each year the citizens were asked whether they wanted to exile someone.……
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Case of the Day: Libyan Investment Authority v. JP Morgan
The case of the day is Libyan Investment Authority v. JP Morgan Markets Ltd., [2019] EWHC 1452 (Comm). The LIA sued JP Morgan, alleging that a 2007 trade had been procured by fraud. The LIA moved for leave to serve process on two of the defendants, Walid Mohamed Ali Al-Giahmi and Lands Company Ltd., out……
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The Judgments Convention: Let’s Do This!
The Diplomatic Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law will meet beginning tomorrow, and the delegates are expected to adopt the Convention on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in civil or commercial matters—the long-awaited Judgments Convention. The prospects for American ratification of the new Convention are uncertain. I think we all……
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Article of the Day: “Are We Alone In The Universe?”
If you’ve been reading Letters Blogatory for a while, you know that I am an enthusiast for astronomy and cosmology. I have often surprised people by saying that I hope we do not discover extraterrestrial life, especially simple extraterrestrial life. I get the same reaction I get when I tell people that it is illegal……