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Information from the Brexit Working Group 

From Burma to Bangladesh and from China to South Sudan, Christopher Marshall and Jessica Magson describe how the British Council puts access to justice into global practice amongst shifting politics and ideologies  

The ability to access justice is often seen as a touching point of trust between individual and state.  

A fresh coat of paint reveals uncared for buildings 

'The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining'  – John F Kennedy 

A new selection of paintings of the London skyline is currently brightening up the walls of the Rolls Building in Fetter Lane.  

If you put a man in harm’s way then realise you made a mistake, shouldn’t you at least try to make amends? 100 years on, David Hewitt examines the case of Joseph Blackburn who didn’t want to go to war and fought only because a military tribunal forced him to  

During the Great War, the task of deciding whether men must fight or could be given exemption was usually performed by a local tribunal.  

Bar Musical Society, Middle Temple Hall, November 2016  

It has been a fine tradition of the Middle Temple to put on a concert for children towards Christmas every year.  

Mel Nebhrajani started out at the Bar but was soon hooked on a career where law and politics collide. Here she talks to Grania Langdon-Down about how the ‘diversity story’ should be about the resilience, insight and talent of BAME lawyers – not ‘powerless victims’  

Q How did you find life at the Chancery Bar as a young, female and Asian lawyer? 

Don’t be intimidated by e-working: the advantages are manifold and anyone can get up to speed with a few hours’ practice, writes Paul Hart in this how-to guide  

Oh, the irony, you may think, as we sit on the boundary between the old world and the new.  

Teatro Technis, London, 11-22 January
Written and performed by Tayo Aluko, with live piano accompaniment. Directed by Amanda Huxtable. Designed by Emma Williams