![Emily-1[17]](https://d1d8vslyhr7rdg.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/3/1/7/120317_emily117_695594_crop.jpg)
All Book reviews articles – Page 46
-
Feature
BOOK REVIEW Joy
Author: Jonathan Lee On a Friday afternoon at the glass offices of Hanger, Slyde & Stein in London’s Square Mile, newly promoted partner Joy Stephens is standing on a second-floor platform, giving a big speech to colleagues below her. ...
-
Feature
BOOK REVIEW Essays on the Anglo-American Legal Treatise
Author: Edited by Angela Fernandez and Markus D. Dubber In this collection of essays on the 19th-century legal treatise, there emerges a detailed history of the rise of a form of legal literature that assumed to itself a high ...
-
Feature
BOOK REVIEW Localism and Planning
Author: Simon Ricketts and Duncan Field Authors Ricketts and Field (both former barristers and now partners respectively in SJ Berwin and Wragge & Co) have done well to get such a comprehensive overview text off the stocks in such ...
-
Feature
BOOK REVIEW The Little Book of Prison
Author: Frankie Owens Lawyers hardly get a mention in this beginners’ guide to surviving prison. This is surprising - to us lawyers at least - as we think we are essential. Surely we have roles in the interview, trial ...
-
Feature
BOOK REVIEW Courting Publicity: Twitter and Television Cameras in Court
Author: Paul Lambert Hot on the heels of the super-injunction spring of 2011, Courting Publicity: Twitter and Television Cameras in Court seeks to inform the debate on what role social media and television reporting should play within the judicial ...
-
Feature
BOOK REVIEW An Unusual Brief: the life and times of a High Street Lawyer
Author: Roger Terrell An Unusual Brief: the life and times of a High Street Lawyer, is the self-published memoir of solicitor Roger Terrell. The book is a chronological narrative, and Terrell’s account ...
-
Feature
BOOK REVIEW Avoid Legal Pitfalls for Small Businesses
Author: Bevans Solicitors This book is ideal for start-up operations and businesses of fewer than 10 people - and any business lawyer who appreciates a well-informed client should hope that the entrepreneur-client has first read this Teach Yourself book. ...
-
Feature
BOOK REVIEW Good Governance for Pension Schemes
Author: Paul Thornton and Donald Fleming This book is the first to combine an overview of UK pension schemes in their economic and legal contexts with a focus on the governance role of trustees. To the general reader of ...
-
Feature
BOOK REVIEW Lawtalk: The Unknown Stories Behind Familiar Legal Expressions
Author: James E. Clapp et al Those of us who like to read John Grisham, watch Suits on television or just about any American thriller may sometimes need a handy dictionary to explain some legal expressions. I have always ...
-
Feature
BOOK REVIEW Public Inquiries
Author: Jason Beer QC We live in an age of inquiry. On entering office, the coalition government inherited six ongoing inquiries. Within 14 months it had established three more, the most recent of which, the Leveson Inquiry into the ...
-
Feature
BOOK REVIEW The Devil Dancers
Author: T Thurai The story of Ceylon’s emergence as an independent nation is less well-known than its larger neighbours that form the Indian subcontinent. This book is set in the 1950s and covers post-British rule and the resulting ethnic ...
-
Feature
BOOK REVIEW Government and Information: The Law Relating to Access, Disclosure and their Regulation (4th edition)
Author: Ibrahim Hasan Access to information held by public officials is a controversial subject. Ever since the MPs’ expenses scandal, the WikiLeaks saga and even the phone-hacking scandal there seems to be an increasing demand for a clear explanation ...
-
Feature
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 ...
-
Feature
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 ...
-
Feature
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.
-
Feature
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 ...
-
Feature
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 ...
-
Feature
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 ...
-
Feature
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 ...
-
Feature
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 ...