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Blogger profile: Barristerblogger
<p>Counsel interviews criminal barrister Matthew Scott, aka the award-winning <a href="http://barristerblogger.com/" target="_blank"><em>Barristerblogger </em></a> </p>
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Refreshers CC
<p><em><strong>A Refreshers First XI would be a match for any decent club side, writes Philip Cayford QC. The only challenge is getting all your best players on to the same pitch on the same day...</strong> </em> </p>
<p>The Refreshers were founded in 1935, and hence celebrated their 80th birthday last year. </p>
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It’s not all law, law, law you know
<p><strong><em>David Smith previews an upcoming charity music gala </em></strong> </p>
<p>Music at the Bar is thriving. </p>
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Combining law with writing
<p><em><strong>Frank Hinks QC talks to Melissa Coutinho about his dual career as a silk at Serle Court and a prolific writer/illustrator</strong> </em> </p>
<p>Since childhood, I wanted to be both a barrister and a writer. </p>
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Lawyers Cricket World Cup 2016
<p><em><strong>BEWCC’s James Cartwright delivers the match report from Brisbane and heralds the revival of the historic Bar v Clerks game</strong> </em> </p>
<p>A person glimpsing 17 English (and Welsh) barristers in Brisbane might have thought that some sort of conference might be taking place, but a moment’s eavesdropping, or observation (the kit), would have left no doubt but that their transportation to Australia was for the purpose of playing cricket for the Bar in the fifth Lawyers Cricket World Cup. </p>
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Sound footings
<p><em><strong>As well as being a barrister, remember you are an unpaid tax collector, says Tony Reynolds, who advises best financial practice from the start of your legal career</strong> </em> </p>
<p>HMRC has for some years targeted its compliance activity across a range of professions. </p>
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Book review: Love Lose Live
<p><strong>By: Mary Banham-Hall<br /><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">Publisher: Focus Mediation, February 2016</span><br /><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">320pp Paperback: £8.95</span><br /><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">ISBN: 9780993517600</span></strong> </p>
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Music as a force for change
<p><em><strong>Barristers’ musical talents can add power to their pro bono whilst improving emotional wellbeing, as Helen Tung explains</strong> </em> </p>
<p>‘Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.’ Victor Hugo </p>
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Book review: Magna Carta, Religion and the Rule of Law
<p><strong>Edited by: Robin Griffith-Jones, Master of the Temple and Mark Hill QC<br /><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2015</span><br /><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">430pp Paperback: £24.99</span><br /><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">ISBN: 9781107494367</span></strong> </p>
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Theatre review: Shakespeare and the Law
<p><em><strong>Pairing Shakespeare with the law at a recent PBI/Alliance for Lawyers at Risk fundraising event was a perfect marriage, writes Melissa Coutinho</strong> </em> </p>
<p>Middle Temple Hall was a fitting venue for the Peace Brigade International (PBI) UK and the Alliance for Lawyers at Risk event “Shakespeare and the Law” on 16 November 2015. </p>
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