12 March 2010
Doreen, my secretary, came in today to help clear up the mess in my office so that I can leave it nicely tidy when I go abroad next week, with hands little better than flippers it is almost impossible for me to pick up papers and doing any filing. I seem to have spent us […]
9 March 2010
I made it today to the March meeting of the Mother Club of the The Arbitration Club. Fortunately they meet at Herbert Smith’s offices, at the back of Liverpool Street Station, so the distance from the train to the office is not too great. One of our vice president, John Rushton, kindly met me on […]
8 March 2010
The thatchers finished re-thatching the house today and re-ridging in my office. I must say it looks rather splendid although the cost is equivalent to taking out a second mortgage. Fortunately this ‘full Monty’ only has to be done every 25 years or so, and re-ridged somewhere after 12/13 years or so, so either way […]
5 March 2010
Over the past few days I have found it increasingly difficult to get up from a seated position and I’m looking forward to the receiving the reclining chair from the NHS that operates electrically to put you almost vertical position onto your feet. I’ve also looked at an electric cushion which does the same job […]
4 March 2010
As I said about, yesterday, a very pleasant young man, Duncan Johnson came to see. Having seen my blog, he decided he would like to include a profile of him a future copy of the Journal. I suppose as much as anything what I have done over that time may be of passing interest to […]
3 March 2010
Duncan Johnston, from the publishers of the journal for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, came to see me today to do a small piece for the journal on my blog. I suppose the point is I’ve been a member now for almost 59 years, so that is sort of newsworthy. Time I think thus […]
2 March 2010
I went to London today to the Law Courts Branch Meeting of the Arbitration Club. One of our members, Keith Kirkwood, very kindly met me at Bishop’s Stortford Railway Station and taxied me from Liverpool Street station to the venue and back. It was very kind of him. I discovered something entirely new today. I […]
1 March 2010
Ali very kindly dropped in today to massage the fluid out of my fingers and to manipulate my shoulder joints. This needs to be done on a daily basis so I suspect’ my lovely’, and Jane will have to muck in and help. It is so obvious to me that both of these operations are […]
28 February 2010
Delicious lunch with Ali & Graeme Macrael. Going out for a Sunday lunch is such a civilised pastime, today sadly, greatly underrated.
27 February 2010
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has at last published some guidelines on assisted suicide. As a result, the Prime Minister suggests that this clarification under which those who assist someone to kill themselves may be prosecuted means that “the case for a change in the law is now weaker”. In other words the Prime […]
D. Mark Cato
D. Mark Cato