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The 16th Commonwealth Law Conference will take place in Hong Kong from 4th – 9th April 2009. This will be an outstanding opportunity to listen to some fascinating seminars and network with lawyers from common law jurisdictions, practitioners from the Asian continent and beyond. The International Committee is strongly encouraging members to attend and is holding a Bar Council reception at the Hong Kong Club on Monday 6 April, in co-sponsorship with COMBAR and the Chancery Bar Association, to which all English and Welsh Barristers attending the conference will be invited. For fur ther information on the conference programme and how to register please contact the secretariat at CLA@sas.ac.uk or visit www.commonwealthlaw2009.org.
The 16th Commonwealth Law Conference will take place in Hong Kong from 4th – 9th April 2009. This will be an outstanding opportunity to listen to some fascinating seminars and network with lawyers from common law jurisdictions, practitioners from the Asian continent and beyond. The International Committee is strongly encouraging members to attend and is holding a Bar Council reception at the Hong Kong Club on Monday 6 April, in co-sponsorship with COMBAR and the Chancery Bar Association, to which all English and Welsh Barristers attending the conference will be invited. For fur ther information on the conference programme and how to register please contact the secretariat at CLA@sas.ac.uk or visit www.commonwealthlaw2009.org.
Update from the Chair of the Bar
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A decade of reviews and research has disrupted accepted thinking in the search for causality. Suicides following abuse have overtaken domestic homicides. Is the law keeping up? Professor Susan Edwards KC (Hon) examines recent cases and the obstacles to successful prosecution
At least not that way, says Richard Paige
The case against judge-only justice – and why efficiency is not enough. By Professor Leslie Thomas KC
Heritage as an anchor and a compass, finding our common humanity and embracing the power of the outsider – Melina Antoniadis’s lessons learnt
Lauren Fullerton examines the how, what and why of setting up a second chambers base
