Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year from The Law Society!
Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas! 〰️
Now that exams are a thing of the past, we can all relax and enjoy the holidays. This also means we are close to the end of the year and we can look back on what we have achieved this year. We would like to thank you all for attending our events this year and supporting the society.
From varsity to our career events we have enjoyed meeting you all - I must also acknowledge our socials! We hope to bring you even more in the new year.
As a final blog for this year here are some interesting Christmas facts you can use for small talk!
First we have to start with this. We all love Christmas celebrations, but did you know that Christmas was banned in Scotland for almost 4 centuries? The Scottish Parliament passed a law in 1640 that made celebrating ‘Yule vacations’ illegal. It wasn’t until 1958 that the 25th of December became a public holiday - it’s safe to say I have been taking Christmas for granted! This is also the reason why Hogmanay and New Year celebrations in Scotland became so important.
In Japan it is tradition for people to celebrate Christmas with KFC - now that is a tradition I am willing to try.
‘The Grinch’ is the highest-grossing Christmas film of all time. The 2018 computer-animated film brought in $512,858,819 worldwide.
We talked about random Christmas facts, but what about some interesting legal cases with some Christmas spirit?
Corporate Christmas parties are soon going to be a part of many of our lives, but who knew they could land you in some legal trouble. Shelbourne v Cancer Research UK 2019 arose from an incident a the companies Christmas party. Robert Bielik, a visiting scientist who was not employed by the charity but attended the party and had been drinking, attempted to lift one of Cancer Research’s animal technicians, Sandra Shelbourne, on the dancefloor. He lost his balance and dropped her, resulting in her sustaining a serious back injury. Shelbourne made a claim against her employer, alleging that it had provided inadequate supervision of the party and was vicariously liable for Bielik’s actions.
What do you think was the outcome of her claim?
Shelbourne’s claim failed and I am sure the next Christmas party had more security.
That's all for this blog, we look forward to seeing you all in the new term!
