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Christmas wine 2020

It may be a very different Christmas this year, but the perennial questions remain – ‘What should I drink on Christmas Day?’ and ‘What’s the perfect gift for an oenophile?’ 

By Professor Dominic Regan and Seán Jones QC  

The Unknown Soldier: a memorial to all

Robin Griffith-Jones  marks the centenary of the events leading to the burial of the Unknown Warrior

11 November 2020 / Robin Griffith-Jones

Lawyers in film: Twelve Angry Men (1957)

The legendary Twelve Angry Men is not a film about lawyers per se but the machinations of trial by jury, presently under threat in this jurisdiction. An analysis by David Langwallner 

26 October 2020 / David Langwallner
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All Rise: The Bradford Legal Heritage Plays

A barrister, a comedian and a deputy lieutenant log onto a Zoom call... how Bradford found a way to keep laughing through lockdown. By Lydia Pearce 

21 October 2020 / Lydia Pearce

Book review: Fake Law - The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies

By The Secret Barrister 

Published by Picador (Hardcover: September 2020) 

ISBN 978-1529009941 

Reviewed by John Cooper QC  

07 October 2020 / John Cooper KC
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Lawyers in film: Paths of Glory (1957)

A sobering insight into past legal and social cultures where the rule of law is jettisoned. By David Langwallner 

28 September 2020 / David Langwallner

Lawyers in film: Inherit the Wind (1960)

We can learn a lot about the profession from lawyers in film and it can engender in students a love of the law: a new series of cinema critiques by David Langwallner  

07 September 2020 / David Langwallner
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Barrister's best: Mohsin Zaidi

The cultural life and times of the barrister whose memoir about a gay Muslim’s journey to acceptance and liberation has made headlines

19 August 2020 / Mohsin Zaidi

Lockdown Lawyers: a pandemic of poetry

Jon Whitfield QC  shares the story behind the poetry collection written by legal aid lawyers struggling to deliver justice for all during lockdown 

28 July 2020 / Jon Whitfield KC

Barrister's best: Andrew Hillier QC

Finding solace in today’s pressurised world; a reflective cultural life and times 

By Andrew Hillier QC  

18 June 2020 / Andrew Hillier KC
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Hope and expectation for the new legal year

The beginning of the legal year offers the opportunity for a renewed commitment to justice and the rule of law both at home and abroad

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