Work Pattern

How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic? One has been surprised at the speed the world tried to revert to pre Covid-19 without acknowledging the impact of Covid-19. Reduced travel for work, mainly working from home and reduced fellowship with others. Relationships maintained through video Apps rather than lunch. …

THE FILTON TRIAL โ€“ DEFENCE SPEECHES

Thursday January 8thRajiv Menon KC on behalf of defendant Charlotte Head Great changes come about because of the extraordinary courage and personal sacrifice of ordinary people. The anthropologist Margaret Mead put it well when she said, โ€œNever doubt that a small group of thoughtful community citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing …

Robbery and lessons by Lawson Akhigbe

During a robbery, the thief shouted to everyone in the bank: โ€œDonโ€™t move! The money belongs to the State โ€” your lives belong to you.โ€ Everyone in the bank lay down quietly.This is called โ€œChanging the way of thinkingโ€ โ€” shifting the traditional mindset. When a woman lay provocatively on a table, the thief shouted:โ€œPlease …

Belgium: The Small Country That Did Big Damage by Lawson Akhigbe

Belgiumโ€™s flag Africa was colonised by empires with delusions of grandeur. Britain had its civilising mission, France its assimilationist fantasy. Belgium, by contrast, arrived with neither ideology nor competenceโ€”only appetite. And yet, for a country barely able to agree on its own language policy, Belgium managed to leave behind some of the most enduring wreckage …