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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Flack’s Last Shift
A prolific writer of non-fiction takes a confident stride with this debut novel.
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OpinionChristmas gift ideas: legal books
David Pickup runs through a selection of legal-themed books that could serve as stocking-fillers.
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BOOK REVIEW: Partner Remuneration in Law Firms
Usefully brings together expert views on a subject which is a continuing preoccupation for law firm leaders around the world.
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BOOK REVIEW: The Trials of the King of Hampshire: Madness, Secrecy and Betrayal in Georgian England
There is much to interest a lawyer-reader in Elizabeth Foyster’s account of the lunacy commission convened to decide whether the Third Earl of Portsmouth should be declared insane.
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BOOK REVIEW: The Legal Training Handbook (1st edition)
Training needs to be planned, budgeted for, and appraised – as this book attests.
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BOOK REVIEW: A Clinician’s Brief Guide to the Mental Health Act
The book is written in a direct and uncluttered style and the authors are not afraid to provide opinions on how to approach medico-legal issues.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Mental Illness, Human Rights and the Law
This guide’s real value lies in the author’s examination of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.
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BOOK REVIEW: Law and Licensing: A Concise Guide for Shotgun and Rifle Owners (BASC Handbook)
A comprehensive overview of the law is followed by excellent advice on security.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Breaking Law: The Inside Guide to Your Legal Rights and Winning in Court or Losing Well
At £20 for over 500 pages this book is great value.
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BOOK REVIEW: Family Law Protocol
Heralded as the ‘authoritative set of best practice guidelines’, this book merits that description.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: The Future of the In-house Lawyer: The General Counsel Revolution
This book succeeds admirably on most levels but suffers from a lack of analysis.
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BOOK REVIEW: Interpreting Evidence: Evaluating Forensic Science in the Courtroom (2nd edition)
Both litigator and advocate may be pleased to turn to this book in an attempt to understand the real significance of expert evidence.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: How to Tell if Your Lawyer is C.R.A.P. The Essential Guide for All Involved in Civil Litigation
A strained caricature of the profession.
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BOOK REVIEW: Addressing Vulnerability in Justice Systems
It would be hard to find another anthology with this range of subject matter.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Making a Splash: a personal guide to networking
The book covers the various stages of networking.
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OpinionRADIO REVIEW: The Long Goodbye, Radio 4
What really makes this work as a slick and engaging radio play is the narration by Toby Stephens.
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BOOK REVIEW: Scholarly Misconduct: Law, Regulation and Practice
A well-researched account, some of which reads like a list of lesser-known Sherlock Holmes cases.