David Wurtzel reviews the January production in Temple Church of T S Eliot’s work.
2015 is Magna Carta year with its theme of conflict between the king, the law and the Church.
Court & Bowled
Tales of Cricket and the Law
Author: James Wilson
Published by Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing £19.99
ISBN: 9780854901401
Magna Carta Uncovered
Authors: Anthony Arlidge and Igor Judge
Hart Publishing £25
ISBN: 9781849465564
Nigel Pascoe QC reviews The Scottsboro Boys at the Garrick Theatre.
In March 1931, at Paint Rock, Alabama, nine black teenagers were taken off a freight train which had been running in Tennessee...
Easter Rising 1916: The Trials
by Seán Enright
Merrion Press £18.99 ISBN-13: 978-1908928375
After a very successful inaugural concert earlier in the year, Andrew Clarke QC reviews the Bar Choral Society’s second concert.
The Bar Choral Society’s second ever concert took place in Temple Church on 18 November 2014.
Preparation is not always simplification.
Barristers do go on about prep...
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.
Anguilla
This appointment is intended to be transitioned to the first Director to lead an independent Department of Public Prosecution.
Update from the Chair of the Bar
By David Green
Mário Barroso, Head of R&D and Method Development at AlphaBiolabs, examines the forensic science underpinning hair drug testing, its evidential scope and limitations, and why it remains the gold standard for evidencing patterns of drug use in family proceedings
Unlocking your aged debt to fund your tax in one easy step. By Philip N Bristow
Clement Cowley, Partner at The Penny Group, discusses the upcoming changes to pensions and Inheritance Tax and the potential impact on your financial future
Save the Children UK is the latest charity to benefit from a £500 donation from AlphaBiolabs via the company’s Giving Back initiative
Reviewed by Daniel Barnett
James McNeill Whistler at Tate Britain until 27 September Rothko in Florence at Palazzo Strozzi until 23 August Reviewed by Stephen Cragg KC
The Chief Legal Officer to the Metropolitan Police, barrister Brett Welch, tells Anthony Inglese CB about his mission and the work to turn the Met around
Barrister apprenticeships shortly to provide the fourth pathway to the Bar are an ideal opportunity to support local talent and ‘grow your own’, say Tim Coulson and Dr Jane Dennehy
Oliver Lewis spotlights an overlooked yet rapidly evolving area of law coercive and controlling behaviour within care contexts