Features

Contemplating a border leap? Whether for Brexit, competitive or personal reasons, Counsel asks a panel of dual-qualifieds to share their know-how 

As the Prime Minister’s Brexit dealings are awaited, Anthony Inglese meets UK judge to Europe’s top court, Christopher Vajda, who reflects on his journey to the ECJ and six years of judging EU-style 

What’s all the fuss about? Should you get involved? And if so, how? Social media sage Felicity McMahon explains when it’s good to tweet 

‘Tis the season to shop at Aldi? Seán Jones QC and Professor Dominic Regan present a shrewd seasonal selection... plus the best party wine, an oenophile’s essential stocking filler and why big wine deserves big glasses 

A skill that can be taught: Bar now sets standard of excellence in efforts to improve the questioning of the vulnerable. By Lynda Gibbs, Kama Melly QC and HHJ Simon Drew QC 

Directories increasingly direct our opinions 

In this issue we talk to Joanne Sefton, whose debut novel If They Knew hit the shelves on 15 November 2018. Joanne is an employment law specialist who completed pupillage and practised at Littleton Chambers for ten years, before moving to an in-house barrister role in order to spend more time on her writing and with her family. She is currently works for Mitchell Law, a boutique employment law firm based in Wiltshire.

Kirsty Brimelow QC makes it back from an international human rights keynote in Pakistan to win in the Court of Appeal in defence of fracking activists