Comments on: The trouble with trying to save a few bob* http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/the-trouble-with-trying-to-save-a-few-bob.html Thu, 17 May 2012 15:30:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: James http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/the-trouble-with-trying-to-save-a-few-bob.html/comment-page-1#comment-13209 James Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:23:01 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3431#comment-13209 "details of Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen’s finances" ...not as juicy as today's revelations of Gudjohnsen's affair with the woman who had an affair with 7 different Chelsea players. 7! “details of Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen’s finances”

…not as juicy as today’s revelations of Gudjohnsen’s affair with the woman who had an affair with 7 different Chelsea players. 7!

]]> By: Hanne http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/the-trouble-with-trying-to-save-a-few-bob.html/comment-page-1#comment-13207 Hanne Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:07:01 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3431#comment-13207 Must have been someone's son/cousin/friend. That's how things work around here. Must have been someone’s son/cousin/friend. That’s how things work around here.

]]> By: alda http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/the-trouble-with-trying-to-save-a-few-bob.html/comment-page-1#comment-13206 alda Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:59:23 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3431#comment-13206 Amazingly it was not Logos! It's called Milestone. Amazingly it was not Logos! It’s called Milestone.

]]> By: Jim http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/the-trouble-with-trying-to-save-a-few-bob.html/comment-page-1#comment-13205 Jim Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:47:34 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3431#comment-13205 love to know which law firm. Was it Logos? love to know which law firm. Was it Logos?

]]> By: BRADSTREET http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/the-trouble-with-trying-to-save-a-few-bob.html/comment-page-1#comment-13177 BRADSTREET Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:56:56 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3431#comment-13177 It is sad but true that 17 year olds are often at the cutting edge of computing. Unfortunately they are often indistinguishable from absolutely clueless 17 year olds who just want to make a bean by selling stuff to the newspapers... It is sad but true that 17 year olds are often at the cutting edge of computing. Unfortunately they are often indistinguishable from absolutely clueless 17 year olds who just want to make a bean by selling stuff to the newspapers…

]]> By: James http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/the-trouble-with-trying-to-save-a-few-bob.html/comment-page-1#comment-13173 James Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:08:11 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3431#comment-13173 "why did a legal firm that counted some of Iceland’s major tycoons among its clients entrust the set-up of its computer network to an underage kid with no real credentials?" Isn't there an online database with all Icelandic relations recorded (something like book of Iceland), so someone could join the kid's name with a list of the law firm's employees to see which relation is closest... "They should be reported for gross professional misconduct!" Well, it's clearly worse than mere carelessness, so a civil negligence claim could be coming their way. Maybe even some criminal negligence charges, but that would be ironic when their (criminal) útrásarvíkingar clients haven't even been charged yet... “why did a legal firm that counted some of Iceland’s major tycoons among its clients entrust the set-up of its computer network to an underage kid with no real credentials?”

Isn’t there an online database with all Icelandic relations recorded (something like book of Iceland), so someone could join the kid’s name with a list of the law firm’s employees to see which relation is closest…

“They should be reported for gross professional misconduct!”

Well, it’s clearly worse than mere carelessness, so a civil negligence claim could be coming their way. Maybe even some criminal negligence charges, but that would be ironic when their (criminal) útrásarvíkingar clients haven’t even been charged yet…

]]> By: sylvia hikins http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/the-trouble-with-trying-to-save-a-few-bob.html/comment-page-1#comment-13172 sylvia hikins Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:25:31 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3431#comment-13172 So what's wrong with the skills of a a 17 year old lad? When I want anything set up on my computer, or advice to solve glitches/viruses etc, I always turn to my youngest grandchild, a wee lad of 9 who has great difficulty saying hi to me on the phone, but can do anything with a computer, including making it speak!!! sylvia from viking wirral So what’s wrong with the skills of a a 17 year old lad? When I want anything set up on my computer, or advice to solve glitches/viruses etc, I always turn to my youngest grandchild, a wee lad of 9 who has great difficulty saying hi to me on the phone, but can do anything with a computer, including making it speak!!!
sylvia from viking wirral

]]> By: Andrew (the other one) http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/the-trouble-with-trying-to-save-a-few-bob.html/comment-page-1#comment-13170 Andrew (the other one) Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:28:09 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3431#comment-13170 If I was a client at the law firm I would be moving my account. The firm is responsible for maintaining confidentiality. They should be reported for gross professional misconduct! By the way Alda, I hadn't heard the phrase "save a few bob" for a long time. My compliments on your use of colloquial British English. (if you are confused, The British currency used to be pounds, shilling and pence. A "bob" was a colloquial phrase for a shilling). Now if we could just persuade our governments to save a few bob and get Icesave sorted out quickly without having to have referenda, lots of legal fees and the like, we would all be a lot happier . If I was a client at the law firm I would be moving my account. The firm is responsible for maintaining confidentiality. They should be reported for gross professional misconduct!

By the way Alda, I hadn’t heard the phrase “save a few bob” for a long time. My compliments on your use of colloquial British English.
(if you are confused, The British currency used to be pounds, shilling and pence. A “bob” was a colloquial phrase for a shilling).

Now if we could just persuade our governments to save a few bob and get Icesave sorted out quickly without having to have referenda, lots of legal fees and the like, we would all be a lot happier .

]]> By: wally http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/the-trouble-with-trying-to-save-a-few-bob.html/comment-page-1#comment-13168 wally Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:06:07 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3431#comment-13168 I think the only questionable thing about this is that the law firm is off course responsible for sensitive information. As such the clients have a right to expect that it be kept confidential. It would have all been allright had the firm insisted the seventeen year old signed a confidentiality agreement, in his parents presence of course. That is the very least they should have done. They really should have got a professional firm to do though. With big clients like theirs they could certainly have afforded it and it would have been the professional thing to do. I think the only questionable thing about this is that the law firm is off course responsible for sensitive information. As such the clients have a right to expect that it be kept confidential. It would have all been allright had the firm insisted the seventeen year old signed a confidentiality agreement, in his parents presence of course. That is the very least they should have done.
They really should have got a professional firm to do though. With big clients like theirs they could certainly have afforded it and it would have been the professional thing to do.

]]> By: Goupil http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/the-trouble-with-trying-to-save-a-few-bob.html/comment-page-1#comment-13167 Goupil Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:48:37 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3431#comment-13167 Beware of a ploy by cunning lawers to get their clients of the hook. I mean Is it legal to use in a court of law documents or data which have been acquired illegally? We get this problem in France where listing of clients in offshore accounts can't be used for prosecution . The battle is ongoing Cheers Beware of a ploy by cunning lawers to get their clients of the hook.
I mean Is it legal to use in a court of law documents or data which have been acquired illegally?
We get this problem in France where listing of clients in offshore accounts can’t be used for prosecution . The battle is ongoing
Cheers

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