Features

With the General Election date fixed four years ago, the attention of all at Westminster is now on May 2015.  

Mark Hatcher reports on the parties’ plans. 

Colin Yeo examines the legal issues thrown up by the arrival on these shores of the fictitious immigrant from darkest Peru.  

Law is pretty abstract. Unlike the role of a doctor or a builder, that of a lawyer is difficult to explain to a young mind. 

Sir Dennis Byron, with 32 years on the bench and still sitting, is one of the longest-serving judges in the common law jurisdiction.   

The most notable aspect of his career has been his service on courts which have combined both domestic and international jurisdictions, as Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and now as President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). 

Russell Wallman highlights misconceptions about the QC application process.   

In this first part of a two-part feature on applying for Silk, Russell reveals the most common concerns and puts the record straight. 

Preparation is not always simplification.  

Barristers do go on about prep... 

Job title 

Head of Chambers at Enterprise Chambers 

Enterprise Chambers is a leading Commercial/Chancery set, specialising in commercial, company, insolvency and restructuring, landlord and tenant, and property disputes. 

A matter for the jury  

Peter Murphy 

No Exit Press (2014); RRP £8.99 

ISBN: 9781843442851 

Richardson and Clark: Sexual Offences a Practitioner’s Guide  

Nigel Richardson and Peter Clark 

Bloomsbury (2014); RRP £70 

ISBN: 9781780433271 

“There never has been a team of such spirit in the history of cricket,” writes James Cartwright, tempting new recruits to the Bar’s team for the Australian Cup.  

The first Lawyers Cricket World Cup was held in Hyderabad. 

The Chairman of the Bar wants to see a permanent arrangement on fees, more specialism on Circuit and greater recognition for first-generation barristers.   

Alistair MacDonald QC shares aims and aspirations for his 2015 term of office with David Wurtzel.