CityMotoring Fox goes to the sun
Changes to the form and content of City Solicitor are planned. One of the changes which I am keen to see is a “Letters to the Editor” section. If a section along these lines had been introduced some time ago, I might have received a few more responses to the question I posed in the Spring 2013 issue: Could solicitors be regulated as easily as cars? And possibly an attentive reader might have questioned the connection between the photograph of a row of red Ferraris and the subject matter of the column?
Ronnie Fox, Past Master,
Motoring Correspondent
*Past Master Ronnie Fox is the Motoring Correspondent of City Solicitor. Mark Marriott undertook research on which parts of this article are based.
In any event, here is the connection. Both the subject matter of my last column and the Ferraris are the outcome of dreams. In relation to the regulation of our profession, my own dream is that the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Legal Services Board, the Legal Ombudsman and the Law Society might one day contemplate the huge advantages of working together. The result would be of great benefit to both the consumers of legal services and members of the legal profession. Here surely there is scope for an initiative by the CLLS?
The collection of Ferraris pictured is on public display in the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Motor Museum is the realization of a dream by Norwegian businessman, Andreas Ugland, to share his large collection of exotic, rare, and classic motorcars and motorbikes with visitors from all over the world. Mr Ugland’s family has been involved in shipping for hundreds of years. He is a naval architect and marine engineer with degrees from Newcastle upon Tyne and New York University. It is clear from even a brief visit to the museum that he has a deep and genuine enthusiasm for cars.
The Museum is packed full of really interesting exhibits. Indeed my only real criticism is that the
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cars are crammed in so tightly that their doors cannot be opened for a look inside. There is a stunning display of red Ferraris as you enter the museum. A highlight is a particularly beautiful 250 GT Coupé (not to be confused with a 250 GTO, which is amongst the rarest and most expensive cars in the world).
Children visiting the museum are transfixed by the Batmobile. The vehicle on display was built for the 1960’s TV show. Mrs Fox was rather taken by a 1929 yellow Rolls- Royce which starred in the eponymous film.
A Bentley S3 previously owned by Sir Elton John brought back happy memories of a particularly enjoyable drive with the current Master a few years ago in a Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III (see the Spring 2008 issue of City Solicitor). Other interesting cars on display include a Mini Cooper S, a Noddy car (based on a Fiat 500 convertible) and a red Alfa Romeo Duetto (as driven by Dustin Hoffman in “The Graduate”).
Every good museum has a gift shop. The one at the Cayman Motor Museum is dominated by a wonderful replica of the world’s first car, an 1886 Benz with tiller steering and solid artillery wheels. It was advertised as “comfortable and completely safe – an entirely satisfactory substitute for a horse-drawn carriage”.
Whatever takes you to Grand Cayman – a cruise, some of the best scuba diving in the world, a desire to top up your tan on Seven Mile Beach or an investigation into the use of tax havens, be sure to visit the Cayman Motor Museum.
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