Features

Catriona Murdoch makes the case for an in-country approach to tackling the illegal migration trade and reports on the challenges faced in Ethiopia  

Since January 2015, 1,084,625 migrants, including asylum seekers, are reported to have arrived in Europe, of which 1,048,268 arrived by sea.  

Silk, XXIV Old Buildings  

XXIV Old Buildings is a leading commercial/Chancery set known for its pre-eminence in international and offshore work. 

‘Men don’t get knocked out, or I mean they can fight back against big things. What kills them is erosion; they get nudged into failure. They get slowly scared.’ – John Steinbeck  

The fees’ battle can be lost by time alone 

Whether contemplating Silk or dealing with the profession’s challenges, another barrister in your corner can make all the difference, as Sam Mercer explains 

Mentoring comes in many forms.  

By: Mary Banham-Hall
Publisher: Focus Mediation, February 2016
320pp Paperback: £8.95
ISBN: 9780993517600 

Judicial morale, advice for the junior commercial Bar, and life beyond the law: Joe England talks to Sir Richard on his retirement from the Court of Appeal  

David Wurtzel analyses the recently published BPTC Key Statistics – essential reading for both prospective students and those designing a replacement system of training for the Bar  

‘I am also struck, as others have been, by the disparity between the mandatory training expected of solicitors and barristers,’ Sir Bill Jeffrey wrote in his 2014 report Independent criminal advocacy in England and Wales . 

The past six months has seen a considerable amount of activity to the point where only a few issues of substance still remain unresolved, writes HH John Platt. 

Mark Mulholland QC and Heather Phillips consider the lessons learned from the UK’s first DPA – and find that early reporting and a culture of compliance should be at the fore when the commercial long-term future of an organisation is at stake  

A new mechanism of deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) was introduced in February 2014 by s 45 and Sch 17 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (CCA 2013), whereby an agreement may be reached between a designated prosecutor and an organisation facing prosecution for certain economic or financial offences.  

Edited by: Robin Griffith-Jones, Master of the Temple and Mark Hill QC
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2015
430pp Paperback: £24.99
ISBN: 9781107494367