Bon Vivant

Magna Carta Uncovered 

Authors: Anthony Arlidge and Igor Judge 

Hart Publishing £25 

ISBN: 9781849465564 

Nigel Pascoe QC reviews The Scottsboro Boys at the Garrick Theatre.  

In March 1931, at Paint Rock, Alabama, nine black teenagers were taken off a freight train which had been running in Tennessee... 

Easter Rising 1916: The Trials  

by Seán Enright 

Merrion Press £18.99 ISBN-13: 978-1908928375 

After a very successful inaugural concert earlier in the year, Andrew Clarke QC reviews the Bar Choral Society’s second concert.  

The Bar Choral Society’s second ever concert took place in Temple Church on 18 November 2014. 

Preparation is not always simplification.  

Barristers do go on about prep... 

A matter for the jury  

Peter Murphy 

No Exit Press (2014); RRP £8.99 

ISBN: 9781843442851 

Richardson and Clark: Sexual Offences a Practitioner’s Guide  

Nigel Richardson and Peter Clark 

Bloomsbury (2014); RRP £70 

ISBN: 9781780433271 

“There never has been a team of such spirit in the history of cricket,” writes James Cartwright, tempting new recruits to the Bar’s team for the Australian Cup.  

The first Lawyers Cricket World Cup was held in Hyderabad. 

Andrew Johnston explains how the temporary pension relaxations under the Finance Act 2014 – which close on 5 April 2015 – apply to soon-to-be retirees.  

Looking back to December 2002, HM Treasury and the Inland Revenue (now HM Revenue & Customs) issued the consultation document Simplifying the taxation of pensions, increasing choice and flexibility for all. 

Dominic Regan and Sean Jones QC explore the wines around for Christmas in tough times.  

“I accept at once that we are living in times of austerity” – Lord Justice Jackson, 30 September 2014.