England and America are two countries separated by a common language.
– George Bernard Shaw

US and UK lawyers all claim to speak English, but is it the same language?

The term “best efforts” is used in American English and “best endeavours” is used in British English. To use your best efforts/endeavours is to make a usually earnest attempt to do something. [read more]

In the UK (the Advocate General in Scotland) an attorney general is one of the Law Officers, a Member of Parliament, who prosecutes for the Crown in certain cases, advises government departments on legal problems and decides if major criminal offences should be tried. The attorney general is politically appointed and changes when the government changes. [read more]

A bankrupt company? [read more]