Bon Vivant

Chambers meets a new tenant  

Now a settled event, we’re looking ahead to New Zealand 2020. Meanwhile Sri Lanka in 2017 saw the usual format of two pools of six teams, reports James Cartwright  

Dominic Regan and Seán Jones QC tempt the Bar’s summer palates with best value reds, light pink blush and some upmarket options if you’re feeling flush 

Summer’s delights and miseries during unrivalled weather  

Learned Friends , a Ginny Davis Production
9 June 2018, Manchester Crown Court, Minshull Street
Percentage of ticket sales to The British Red Cross Society Manchester Emergency Fund set up following the Manchester Arena Attack in 2017
Birminghamfest 2016 Best Original Piece 

Best books, favourite films, top tracks and an essential:  Counsel invites barristers to share their cultural influences. In this issue, we talk to James Cartwright, a criminal barrister at 1MCB who also paints, sculpts and runs BEWCC, the cricket team representing the Bar in the Lawyers Cricket World Cup which he co-founded.  

Walden Back in Session 
Author: Peter Murphy
Publisher: No Exit Press (May 2018)
ISBN: 9780857302038 

One Law for the Rest of Us 
Author: Peter Murphy
Publisher: No Exit Press (December 2018)
ISBN: 9780857301406 

Truth or proof? 

A Very English Scandal , BBC 1 

Directed by Stephen Frears and written by Russell T Davies | Based on A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at the Heart of Establishment , by John Preston (Penguin) | Starring Hugh Grant as Jeremy Thorpe and Ben Whishaw as Norman Scott | Broadcast May - June 2018 

Best books, favourite films, top tracks and an essential:  Counsel invites barristers to share their cultural influences. In this issue, we talk to Tahir Ashraf, recently named in the Muslim 100 Parliamentary Power List and who also runs 5 Chancery Lane Commercial Barristers Chambers  

A referendum does not have to lead to division