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Regrets? We’ve all had a few. Especially in our misspent youths. But as the latest post from the BabyBarista blog shows, there are some quite simple steps you can take to remedy even the most embarrassing (professionally speaking) lapses in your past. Chambers were discussing one of the candidates for a third six pupillage today.… Continue reading about Carbolic smoke bongs! A revealing post from BabyBarista
Some authorities are better than others; and some reports of those authorities are better than others. Don’t take our word for it: the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge has just issued a new practice direction on the matter. It reiterates what a previous Lord Chief Justice, Lord Woolf, said a little over a decade ago… Continue reading about Practice makes perfect: a good argument deserves the best citation
We expect our judges to state their opinions in public – when giving judgment in open court. But in a week in which two senior judges have spoken outside court about the dangers of, er, judges speaking outside court, we should perhaps reflect on the other side of the same coin: the dangers of not… Continue reading about Open justice – or least said soonest mended?
Isobel Collins, Editor, Public and Third Sector Law Reports discusses some of the cases in the issue… Continue reading about Children in need
The stories that matter are the ones that go unheard. The threat of censorship is nothing new, but if we think that by living in a free country, with the right of free speech guaranteed by the article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, we don’t need to worry about censorship, then we… Continue reading about Libel reform: freedom, censorship and debate
You’re a pupil, about to embark on your second six months. You’ve finally earned the right to appear in court on behalf of a client. You’ve got your first brief. Nervous? You should be. “The problem is,” as one of the pupils depicted in the latest BabyBarista blog puts it, “that I’ll feel like a… Continue reading about Avoid the imposter syndrome with the ICLR online
Guest post by Isobel Collins, Editor of the Public and Third Sector Law Reports… Continue reading about What do a 13th century elm coffer, the Audit Commission Act 1998 and debt relief orders have in common?
NOT THE TIMES LAW REPORT In re A Law Reporter Royal Courts of Justice Rm 716 Before: Mr Editor Sutherland Date: sometime in 1982 It is not the task of a law report to make fun of the law, or of those (such as judges) put in office to administer it. The Editor of the… Continue reading about Law Reports Not Meant To Be “Funny”
It’s that time of year again, when the Target Jobs Pupillage Fair is looming. With this in mind BabyBarista has offered some vital tips for pupils who will be taking the leap from College to Chambers. It seems that there is an array of tips to keep pupils on top form and in their pupil… Continue reading about BabyBarista – Pupillage and How to Survive It…
When we launched the Business Law Reports in January 2007, we began with a “Manifesto” setting out our aims and aspirations for the new series. Five years have passed since then. How do we feel the series has measured up, both by reference to its original ambitions, and in the context of current circumstances? The… Continue reading about The Business Law Reports – Five years on
