This Blog is Random…
OK, this blog is random and that’s the way I like it. I cycle and I love it. For years I had a BikeE semi-recumbent bike until some little cretin stole it. (He just didn’t realise how easy it would...
View ArticleCan You Live With the Law?
I’ve written about Axiom and Lawyers on Demand before. They are now part of the legal vernacular and although they are carving out new ventures in law, they appear part of our lives. Yet they are...
View ArticleSometimes Research Takes You to Great Places…
The blog is slow because I’ve been in the United States for the past few weeks giving talks and doing research (thank you Leverhulme Trust). From Boston to Connecticut to the city of New York. You...
View ArticleWhat the Bar Is Like–Do We Really Know?
It’s difficult getting images of barristers that aren’t parodies of themselves. So I have put up two–one traditional (the one on the right) and one in fancy dress (on the left). OK, the one on the...
View ArticleNovember’s a Busy Time…
Looking through my calendar since starting the Leverhulme fellowship I see November is a packed month for speaking. (Extra case of throat spray–reminder to self.) First off, I talk to the Legal...
View ArticleEvaluating Change in the Legal Services Market
(Do they look very different from the standard pictures of law firm partners?) The Legal Services Board has published two new and related papers, which everyone interested in legal services should...
View ArticleMessing Around on a Sunday….
I think these two are connected…..I used to have a dog, but now I have a trainer. And I assure you that Katy Mackay doesn’t stand around, nor do I when there are too many kettlebells in the world to...
View ArticleDoes Legal Education Have a Future?
Last night I debated this topic: “Changes in Legal Education: How Should Future Generations of Lawyers be Educated?” at the KCLThinkTank Society. My fellow debaters were Derek Wood QC, Hilary...
View ArticleIndia…
A slight hiatus while I go to India, but not for the cricket. I will be at the GLEE* project conference, “The Future of Corporate Business in India and the Role of the Legal Profession.” I will blog...
View ArticleHow the New Regulation of the Legal Profession Worked Out……
I’ve been trying to characterise what regulation in the UK meant for the legal profession, so I want to try out my version of what happened here to see if it makes sense. The archetypal profession has...
View ArticleDo We Need a Cab Rank Rule for Barristers?
I’ve been working in India recently on the Globalization, Lawyers and Emerging Economies project (GLEE). So I got used to travelling around in autorickshaws–cheap, cheeful and extremely plentiful....
View ArticleCab Rank Rule Redux….
Since the Legal Services Board published our report on the Cab Rank Rule on 22 January we’ve had many comments coming in on the discussion boards. They are not all negative, though many are. I wanted...
View ArticleCriminal Bar Association Likes Taxis…..
Continuing the cab rank rule compendium, the Criminal Bar Association chairman, Michael Turner QC,* posted some comments today on our report. I’m sure there is merit in them somewhere. But the...
View ArticleThe Cab Rank Rule Finally Explained….
(Thanks to New Yorker) See, it’s all quite simple really…..
View ArticleThe Clerks’ Views of the Cab Rank Rule
As everyone knows the power behind the throne is the barrister’s clerk (like behind every man is a good woman). Billy, above, from Silk may have been a mite too Machiavellian, but he knew how to...
View ArticleSundays? Then Indulge in Brain Pickings
Every Sunday I receive an email from Brain Pickings, which is described thus Brain Pickings is a human-powered discovery engine for interestingness, a subjective lens on what matters in the world...
View ArticleThis One Will Run and Run….(Cab Rank Rule)
The Chair of the Bar Council, Maura McGowan QC (@MauraMcGowanQC), has written an open letter to the Criminal Bar Association in which she includes a paragraph on our Cab Rank Rule report. It makes...
View ArticleI became an anthropologist in Middle Temple….
Legal Cheek is running a series: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series, where leading members of the legal profession share their wisdom with the next generation of...
View ArticleTop Ten Legal Profession Stories of 2012
A short post to give a heads up to an excellent post by Laurel Terry on the Top Ten Legal Profession Stories of 2012 over at Legal Ethics Forum. The stories are: ABS go live in the UK The influence of...
View ArticleCab Rank Rule Down Under…
Australian cabs are different to those in the UK, so I was curious to see how presenting research on an obscure rule of the English Bar would go down. It was like lightning in the picture. Christine...
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