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Job title 

Head of Chambers at Enterprise Chambers 

Enterprise Chambers is a leading Commercial/Chancery set, specialising in commercial, company, insolvency and restructuring, landlord and tenant, and property disputes. 

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. 

The Chairman of the Bar wants to see a permanent arrangement on fees, more specialism on Circuit and greater recognition for first-generation barristers.   

Alistair MacDonald QC shares aims and aspirations for his 2015 term of office with David Wurtzel. 

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. 

Can the International Criminal Court start prosecuting for the use and supply of chemical weapons? Sheryn Omeri considers the ICC’s options.  

The centenary of the start of World War I reminded us that it will soon be the centenary of the use of poison gas in international warfare. 

HH Gordon Risius explains how hearing loss – never a good career move for a judge – didn’t have to mean the sudden end of his time on the Bench.  

Last June’s issue of Counsel contained a helpful article by Sukhveer Kandola and Narita Bahra about court users with hearing difficulties, in which they drew attention to facilities which can help access justice (June 2014, p30). 

Too many cases, too few resources and no room for complacency – John Curtis reports on the Criminal Cases Review Commission state of play.  

21 November 2014 marked the 40th anniversary of the Birmingham Pub Bombings: a chain of events that led to the deaths of 21 people, 182 serious woundings, the incarceration of the Birmingham Six, their release from prison some 19 years later and the recognition that miscarriages of justice were a reality of Britain’s justice system. 

Celebrate the reach of the Rule of Law at the Global Law Summit, a world-class debate, discussion and networking opportunity, writes the Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP.  

There are few areas where Britain is stronger than in the law. London, and in particular the City of London, has been recognised across the world for many centuries as a centre of trade, commerce and finance.