Features

Angus McCullough QC considers the role of judicial review as the EU Withdrawal Bill is enacted, and after Brexit day has dawned  

A flash-back to 1980: the first series of the TV sitcom, Yes Minister  and a discussion between a Permanent Secretary (Sir Humphrey Appleby) and his Minister (the Rt Hon Jim Hacker MP): 

#MeToo has been a powerful force for good but in the court of social media, ‘I don’t know’ could be the fairest verdict of all, writes The Secret Barrister  

An old stand-up routine – I forget whose – used to poke fun at those old-style newspaper polls where members of the public were invited to phone a premium rate number and express their view on a contentious issue of the day. 

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 

What’s in a name?  

‘Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That’s quite a title to carry around.’ – Calista Flockhart 

Geoff Steward
Publisher: Biteback Publishing (August 2017)
​ISBN: 978-1785902635 

From festive fizz to heavyweight reds, Counsel’s wine critics Seán Jones QC and Professor Dominic Regan recommend a host of Christmas bottles, from cheap to dear with value and quality in mind 

Temple Music Foundation and Hazard Chase have unveiled the fifth Temple Winter Festival, which takes place from 11 to 15 December at Temple Church and brings together some of the UK’s finest talent from the choral world.  

Temple Music Foundation and Hazard Chase have unveiled the fifth Temple Winter Festival, which takes place from 11 to 15 December at Temple Church and brings together some of the UK’s finest talent from the choral world 

Media speculation that employers can no longer monitor their employees’ communications is misleading and unhelpful, writes Siân McKinley 

With influential voices questioning the scale and nature of adoption in the UK, Damian Woodward-Carlton looks at the question, raised by Lord Justice McFarlane, whether the current model is the right one