All Book reviews articles – Page 50
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BOOK REVIEW The Solicitor's Handbook 2012
Author: Andrew Hopper QC and Gregory Treverton-Jones QC It only seems a short while since the 2011 edition came out at the same price of £74.95. The first question is: do we need another one? The answer is not ...
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BOOK REVIEW Death of a Circuit
Author: Graeme Williams Legal reminiscences are sometimes fairly dull but this is a delightful and readable account of the old assizes and quarter sessions system that held sway until 1972. It is written with particular reference to Oxford ...
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BOOK REVIEW The Construction of Contracts Interpretation, Implication and Rectification (second edition)
Author: Gerard McMeel For the commercial practitioner, Professor Gerard McMeel’s book is a salutary but highly rewarding read. To get a deal done, a reliance on office practice notes and standard forms is near universal.
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BOOK REVIEW Trade Secrets for Marketing Your Business Online
Author: Simon Newsham We must not forget that it is only two decades since the rules governing solicitors and barristers were relaxed allowing for the profession to properly begin marketing themselves. The way that we do business has changed ...
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BOOK REVIEW Who Killed Sir Walter Ralegh?
Author: Richard Dale Who Killed Sir Walter Ralegh? is an engaging and fascinating analysis of the Elizabethan court in general, and the intrigue surrounding the imprisonment and eventual execution of Sir Walter ...
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BOOK REVIEW EU Law for UK Lawyers (second edition)
Author: Aiden O'Neill QC Aidan O’Neill has written a comprehensive and substantial work giving an overall view of the application of European Union law at the national level and clearly aimed at the busy UK legal professional who needs ...
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BOOK REVIEW International Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements
Author: David Salter, Charlotte Butruille-Cardew, Nicholas Francis QC, Stephen Grant This is a useful introductory walk into the jungle of nuptial agreements, with a little guidance as to how not to be dismembered by the wild beasts lurking ...
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BOOK REVIEW The Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter
Author: Albie Sachs From the opening words 'Oh Shit. Everything has gone abruptly dark' to the closing 'Life is good…', the second edition of this book written in 1989 grips you in its personal moving account of the attempted ...
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BOOK REVIEW The Litigators
Author: John Grisham Meet Oscar Finley, the lawyer who found a way to lose a no-fault divorce that was uncontested on all issues. His incensed client, a Mrs Vallie Pennebaker, beat him up so badly he needed 14 stitches. ...
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BOOK REVIEW The White Book 2011
It was more than 40 years ago when I saw, for the first time, The White Book as more than a two-volume tome. That was when I witnessed a part of it being thrown at Lord Denning from the front row of the Court of Appeal by a serial litigator. ...
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BOOK REVIEW The Masters
Author: CP Snow Published in 1951, The Masters may not seem the obvious novel to review on these pages - though the narrator, Lewis Eliot is a lawyer who divides his professional life between a practice in London and ...
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BOOK REVIEW Banks on Sentence
Author: Robert Banks Mrs Justice Rafferty describes Banks on Sentence as simply indispensable. Yet with devastating cuts continuing to be made to public funding for criminal cases, most firms are seeking to remove any unnecessary expenditure from their budgets. ...
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BOOK REVIEW Lexcel Risk Management Toolkit
Author: The Law Society Effective risk management has become increasingly significant within the legal profession in recent years. With the advent of the new risk-based regulatory regime on 6 October, firms will have to comply with principle 8 of ...
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BOOK REVIEW The Fair Society: the science of human nature and the pursuit of social justice
Author: Peter Corning Can law, with its focus on fair and just outcomes, ever be an effective counterweight to the hard power represented by the apparently more Darwinian forces of greed, power and money? This question is the central ...
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BOOK REVIEW The Law of Industrial Action and Trade Union Recognition
Author: John Bowers, Michael Duggan, and David Reade Recently I met a friend and former colleague. Pleased to see him, I greeted him with the usual enquiry about the state of his wellbeing. 'Well,' he answered, 'I ...
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BOOK REVIEW Reappraising the Resort to Force: International Law, Jus ad Bellum and the War on Terror
Author: Lindsay Moir Whatever else may have changed on 11 September 2001, international law did not.’ This was the blunt conclusion of Sir Michael Wood, once a legal adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. As the 10th anniversary ...
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BOOK REVIEW Never Mind the Botox – Alex
Author: Penny Avis and Joanna Berry Alex Fisher is a high-flying lawyer close to making partner at City firm MacArthur Warren. A chance meeting with an old boyfriend provides the opportunity for her to secure a deal for the ...
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BOOK REVIEW Lexcel Client Care Toolkit (2nd Edition)
Author: The Law Society This is one of a series of six toolkits produced by the Law Society covering Client Care, Business Continuity Planning, Financial Management and Business Planning, Information Management, People Management and Risk Management. ...
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BOOK REVIEW Winning Legal Business from Medium-Sized Companies
Author: Dr Silvia Hodges While many books have been written on the subject of law firm marketing and business development, very few have focussed specifically on the crucial sector that is medium-sized companies. Silvia ...
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BOOK REVIEW Off Message: the complete antidote to political humbug
Author: Bob Marshall-Andrews QC What will the Blair era be remembered for? Iraq, New Labour and a new political term: spin. It was not a great period for lawyers despite the number of politicians ...