Features

Looking out, looking in: in a interview with Gary Younge,  The Guardian’s editor-at-large, Desiree Artesi explores diversity solutions and the Bar’s parallels with the media sector  

Looking out, looking in: in a interview with Gary Younge,  The Guardian’s editor-at-large, Desiree Artesi explores diversity solutions and the Bar’s parallels with the media sector  

Mark Fell explains how to handle diary clashes ethically while protecting the bottom line. Christopher Convey alerts the Bar to the new money laundering guidance  

Walden Back in Session 
Author: Peter Murphy
Publisher: No Exit Press (May 2018)
ISBN: 9780857302038 

One Law for the Rest of Us 
Author: Peter Murphy
Publisher: No Exit Press (December 2018)
ISBN: 9780857301406 

Allan Briddock examines a significantly widened definition of ‘marriage of convenience’ and how the new test could catch out many genuine relationships  

Best books, favourite films, top tracks and an essential:  Counsel invites barristers to share their cultural influences. In this issue, we talk to James Cartwright, a criminal barrister at 1MCB who also paints, sculpts and runs BEWCC, the cricket team representing the Bar in the Lawyers Cricket World Cup which he co-founded.  

Australia and the United States are increasingly using animals to support effective participation in courts. Will it catch on over here? Professor Penny Cooper explores the issues to consider in England and Wales  

With trans headlines constantly in the news, Claire McCann examines the law on trans rights and the dangers of misinformed debate  

Summer’s delights and miseries during unrivalled weather