Publisher: Macmillan (March 2018) Format: Hardcover (384pp); eBook; audio book ISBN: 978-1509841103 RRP: £16.99
Best books, favourite films, top tracks and an essential: Counsel invites barristers to share their cultural influences. In this issue, we talk to criminal barrister Tony Wyatt, who also writes as Tony Kent
"I don’t pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages." – Robert Bosch
The self-employed know a real illness
Best books, favourite films, top tracks and an essential: Counsel invites barristers to share their cultural influences. In this issue, we talk to Nigel Poole QC, Head of Chambers at Kings Chambers, who also blogs as Learned Friend
When is there time to do the actual job?
Peter Murphy Foreword by His Honour Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC, The Recorder of London Publisher: No Exit Press, November 2017 Format: Paperback Extent: 416pp ISBN: 9780857301222
We all need direction sometimes
Every year it seems to come around again with increasing speed.
Immigration barrister Colin Yeo reviews Paddington 2
Warning: contains spoilers – and information about the plot too
Sir Desmond de Silva Publisher: Quartet Books (September 2017) ISBN-13: 978-0704374423
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Update from the Chair of the Bar
AlphaBiolabs has been awarded the contract to provide drug, alcohol, and DNA testing services for Hull City Council, following a rigorous competitive tender process
By Clement Cowley, Partner at The Penny Group
Modernising communication and collaboration at a leading Chancery set. A Zexi case study
How to build profile without compromising professional duties. By Naumaan Farooq, Co-Founder of Inked PR
Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, examines the role of cut-off levels, and the wider range of factors that must be considered when interpreting results for family court proceedings
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