A few interesting legal blog posts
Mike Semple-Piggott, AKA legal blogger Charon QC, turned up a couple of interesting podcasts this week – interviewing Labour MP Diane Abbott about her latest campaign to prevent the use of secret evidence in UK courts, and chatting to Tim Kevan, the author of the Times Online BabyBarista blog, about his forthcoming novel 'BabyBarista and the Art of War'.
June 26, 2009 at 11:00 AM
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Mike Semple-Piggott, AKA legal blogger Charon QC, turned up a couple of interesting podcasts this week – interviewing Labour MP Diane Abbott about her latest campaign to prevent the use of secret evidence in UK courts, and chatting to Tim Kevan, the author of the Times Online BabyBarista blog, about his forthcoming novel BabyBarista and the Art of War.
Earlier in the year, Abbott – known for her appearances alongside Michael Portillo on cult BBC1 news analysis show 'This Week' – tabled an early day motion declaring "that this House believes the use of secret evidence in UK courts is fundamentally wrong", and called on the government "to begin an immediate independent review into the use of evidence that is not ever heard by the defendant or their lawyer but which is used to justify indefinite detention, severe bail conditions or control orders".
To listen to the interview with Diane Abbott MP, click here.
Kevan, a barrister at 1 Temple Gardens, expresses himself delighted to count former world featherweight boxing champion Barry McGuigan among the fans of his writing, and talks about the motivations behind BabyBarista.
Here's McGuigan's review of the book: "BabyBarista provides an entertaining and highly amusing insight into the mysterious world of wigs and gowns. Right from the start the gloves are off and the fight for tenancy is no less dramatic than a top class boxing match. It's a terrific read which makes you both laugh and keep the pages turning. It also confirms what I've always suspected – that the courtroom is not so different from the boxing ring."
To listen to the interview with Tim Kevan, click here.
Elsewhere, Geeklawyer lets off steam about "disgusting police violence", Simon Myerson QC makes a plea for wannabe barristers to report any barristers' chambers offering pupillages in breach of the OLPAS rules – which state that offers can't be made until 30 July and must stay open for 14 days. Bar or Bust, meanwhile, revels in the magnificence of Middle Temple dining: "Foie Gras, Sea Bass, a strawberry something for dessert, and a superb cheese board were accompanied by a rather splendid selection of wines and rounded off by coffee and a rather decent port….."
One thing Legal Week doesn't get: Why are most legal bloggers barristers/BVC students? Where are all the trainee solicitors and City go-getters?
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