All Book reviews articles – Page 47
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: The Frozen Shroud
The latest novel from national firm Weightmans partner Martin Edwards leads the reader through the twists and turns of two investigations.
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BOOK REVIEW: People Power – A User’s Guide To Democracy
Political party season may seem a strange time to celebrate British democracy, but Dan Jellinek is an optimist.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Boilerplate: Practical Clauses (sixth edition)
The role that boilerplate clauses play in risk management is well illustrated throughout.
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FeatureBOOK REVIEW: Advising and Representing Clients at Mediation
Every now and then a book is published for legal representatives that goes beyond a mere analysis of the law and technical guidance.
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FeatureBOOK REVIEW: Brothers in Law and other works
Some readers no doubt went into law inspired by To Kill a Mockingbird, or at least Rumpole
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FeatureBOOK REVIEW: Wildy’s Handbook for Magistrates (3rd edition)
This edition was written in 2011/12, 16 years after the previous edition and 650 years after the Justice of the Peace Act of 1361
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BOOK REVIEW Concert: Sound of Change
On 1 June I went to the Sound of Change Live concert at Twickenham, which was attended by 50,000 people, broadcast to more then 150 countries and watched by a billion people. The concert was presented by Chime for Change, a global campaign to promote ‘Education, ...
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BOOK REVIEW 24 Hours with 24 Lawyers
Author: Jasper Kim Isn’t being a lawyer fun? This book was written primarily for American law students to show what diverse and interesting lives we lead. It tells the story of a typical day in the life of various ...
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BOOK REVIEW Local Lawyers: Public Practice
To understand where we are and where we are going, we need to know where we have come from. That at least is one purpose of history. And local government lawyers are now fortunate to have their very own historical memoire.
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BOOK REVIEW Tales from the Courtroom
Author: Brian Harris The title of this book is rather limp, which is unfortunate. To me it suggested a lightweight collection of diverting courtroom vignettes – a patchwork of anecdotes, tragic and funny. That is a well-worn furrow.
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BOOK REVIEW Mental Health Tribunals: Law, Policy and Practice
Author: Philip Fennell, Penny Letts and Jonathan Wilson It demonstrates the beleaguered nature of mental health legal practice under public funding that 14 years have lapsed since the last book for practitioners in this critical field. So critical, ...
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BOOK REVIEW The Man Under The Clapham Omnibus (the search for patient safety and justice)
Author: Arnold Simanowitz OBE As a champion of the vulnerable, Arnold Simanowitz has impeccable credentials. Born in South Africa just before the second world war, he is descended from Polish émigrés who fled to that country from the pogroms. ...
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BOOK REVIEW Business Services, Partnering and Outsourcing Contracts: A Practical Guide (4th edition)
Author: Amanda Lewis It remains a tricky time for businesses in the UK: although global economic activity is picking up, the continuing crisis in the euro area is delaying a meaningful recovery (OECD, 28/03/2013). Being successful in business ...
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BOOK REVIEW Eugenia: A True Story of Adversity, Tragedy, Crime and Courage
Author: Mark Tedeschi I guarantee that this will be one of the most extraordinary books you ever read. It is a partly fictionalised account of the death of a woman in Australia in the early part of last century. ...
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BOOK REVIEW Professional Conduct Casebook
Author: Kenneth Hamer Every now and again a book comes along which causes busy practitioners to offer up a silent prayer of thanks. Kenneth Hamer’s Professional Conduct Casebook falls into precisely that category. There are precious few books which ...
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BOOK REVIEW Cases, Causes & Controversies: Fifty Tales from the Law
Author: James Wilson I wonder if the era of the great advocate has disappeared. Not many barristers, and even fewer solicitors, are famous now. In the past we had Sir Edward Marshall Hall, Sir Patrick Hastings and Lord Birkett, ...
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BOOK REVIEW Assignment of Death
Author: Christine Conwell and Malcolm Rodgers As a James Bond fan, I was immediately drawn to reading this book by the cover illustration and title, and I was not disappointed. Set at a time ...
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FeatureBOOK REVIEW The Winslow Boy (play)
Author: Terence Rattigan Should you pay a huge price for a principle? How do you fight back if a public body mistreats you?
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BOOK REVIEW eCommerce MasterPlan
Author: Chloë Thomas Much has been written about the challenge posed to traditional small and medium-sized law firms by the sophistication of major ‘brands’ who are focused on capturing clients. It is easy to forget another side of this ...
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BOOK REVIEW Islamic Wills, Trusts and Estates: Planning for this World and the Next
Author: Mufti Talha Ahmad Azami, Shahzad Siddiqui, Jo Summers As a non-Muslim, the most striking thing for me about this subject is that many of the concepts dealt with are those with which any practitioner will grapple – identifying ...