Melissa Coutinho is a lawyer for the Government Legal Service An accredited arbitrator, qualified PPM practitioner and a magistrate, she also writes and lectures on medical products and their regulation.
Frank Hinks QC talks to Melissa Coutinho about his dual career as a silk at Serle Court and a prolific writer/illustrator
Since childhood, I wanted to be both a barrister and a writer.
By: Mary Banham-Hall
Publisher: Focus Mediation, February 2016
320pp Paperback: £8.95
ISBN: 9780993517600
Pairing Shakespeare with the law at a recent PBI/Alliance for Lawyers at Risk fundraising event was a perfect marriage, writes Melissa Coutinho
Middle Temple Hall was a fitting venue for the Peace Brigade International (PBI) UK and the Alliance for Lawyers at Risk event “Shakespeare and the Law” on 16 November 2015.
Legal practitioners from different backgrounds share their experiences of the developing regulatory area with Melissa Countinho
Today there appears to be more regulation than ever before, despite the aims of reducing unnecessary bureaucracy.
The 30th Annual Bar Conference, together this year with the Young Bar Conference, took place on 17 October. Counsel reports on the day
In the second interview in this Counsel series, Melissa Coutinho speaks to family law blogger, Lucy Reed
Lucy Reed is the creator of Pink Tape, a blog started in 2007 which led to her being one of the The Times’ top legal bloggers (March 2011) and was described in The Guardian in May 2011 as “one of the best legal bloggers for style and content”.
The diversity of the employed Bar
A popular misconception when considering the employed Bar is assuming that roles are either in a solicitor’s firm or in the Government Legal Service or CPS. Dispelling this myth, Melissa Coutinho continues her series of 60 second interviews which demonstrate the diversity of work that employed lawyers undertake
And another thing...
... asked Tony Hancock – “Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you?” From maps and letters to extracts from Hancock’s Half Hour, the British Library’s Magna Carta exhibition has something for everyone. Melissa Coutinho attends a private viewing and sees that it does, in fact, mean a great deal
The diversity of the employed Bar.
A popular misconception when considering the employed Bar is assuming that roles are either in a solicitor’s firm or in the Government Legal Service or CPS. Dispelling this myth, Melissa Coutinho continues her series of 60 second interviews which demonstrate the diversity of work that employed lawyers undertake.
The diversity of the employed Bar.
A popular misconception when considering the employed Bar is assuming that roles are either in a solicitor’s firm or in the Government Legal Service or CPS. To dispel this myth, Melissa Coutinho begins a series of 60 second interviews which demonstrate the diversity of work that employed lawyers undertake.
Sam Townend KC explains the Bar Council’s efforts towards ensuring a bright future for the profession
Giovanni D’Avola explores the issue of over-citation of unreported cases and the ‘added value’ elements of a law report
Louise Crush explores the key points and opportunities for tax efficiency
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Is now the time to review your financial position, having reached a career milestone? asks Louise Crush
If you were to host a dinner party with 10 guests, and you asked them to explain what financial planning is and how it differs to financial advice, you’d receive 10 different answers. The variety of answers highlights the ongoing need to clarify and promote the value of financial planning.
On the 50th anniversary of the pub bombings, even now it is still unresolved. Chris Mullin, the journalist and former MP who led the campaign leading to the release of the Birmingham Six, looks back at events
Adele Akers’ reflections on health and wellbeing support at the very junior end of the Bar
Not one to say, ‘I told you so,’ Sam Thomas continues his cyber series with the key learnings from the major supply chain attack affecting 80 law firms and at least one set of chambers at the end of 2023
One year on and the Court of Appeal fails to quash convictions after receiving evidence of racism in the jury room, and there are still no revisions to the Equal Treatment Bench Book , says Keir Monteith KC
Increasing sophistication and frequency of attacks have led many chambers to ask ‘when’ not ‘if’ they will suffer a cyber incident. Simon Davis sets out the factors to consider when renewing your cyber cover
