All articles by David Pickup
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Facing up to the meaning of life
David Pickup reviews 'Go, Go, Go, Said the Bird: Human kind’s unbearable realities – and what might be gained by accepting them'.
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What Clients Want from Law Firms
David Pickup reviews 'What Clients Want from Law Firms', edited by Alex Davies.
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At the interface between medicine and law
David Pickup reviews 'European Court of Human Rights and Mental Health'.
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What to do when a partner is not doing the business
David Pickup reviews 'Managing Partner Performance: Strategies for Transforming Underperforming Partners'.
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A scathing verdict on the dire impact of austerity
Arrogance, Austerity and the Ruination of the Criminal Justice System: How Justice Was Purged from the Criminal Justice System.
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The man (sic) on the Clapham Omnibus
David Pickup reviews Valentin Jeutner's The Reasonable Person: A Legal Biography.
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The Displacement Dilemma: Navigating the Survival of Human Expertise in an AI-Driven World
David Pickup reviews Nigel Canning's book.
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Best law books of the year 2024
Heroes fact and fiction, legal thrillers and talking animals: David Pickup shares his Christmas roundup.
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A porcine hero who holds a mirror to our world
David Pickup reviews Suzanne Stephenson's 'Santa Pig, The Trials of Patrick White'.
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Horror faced by refugees unfolds in pacy thriller
David Pickup reviews William Kinread's 'Refuge'.
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Four stories of the criminal courts
David Pickup reviews Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC’s ’Rough Justice’.
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Handy legal primer for aspiring lawyers
David Pickup reviews Ronald and Daniel Sokol's 'A Young Person’s Guide to Law and Justice'.
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False economies
David Pickup reviews 'Over-Efficiency in the Lower Criminal Courts: Understanding a Key Problem and How to Fix it' by Shaun S Yates.
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Pet projects and the rule of paw
David Pickup reviews 'A Cat’s Judgement: Mr Perkins lays down the law' by Suzanne Stephenson.
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Seeding success
Rachel Brushfield and David Pickup review 'Talent in the Legal Profession: How to Attract, Retain and Engage Top Talent'.
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US thriller lays bare the burden of public defenders
David Pickup reviews Joshua Perry's Seraphim.
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A satire about how society deals with the odd and unexpected
David Pickup reviews Jere Krakoff's Legs Feldman.
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Taliban courts in Afghanistan
David Pickup reviews Adam Baczko's The Taliban Courts in Afghanistan: Waging War by Law.
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