Features

Lucy Reed introduces The Transparency Project, an initiative to correct sensationalist and lazy journalism and encourage healthier debate about the law  

Lawyers and journalists are skilled in the construction of a coherent story from facts.  

With a series of worked examples, Simon Levene guides beginners through the calculations in personal injury claims under the contentious new discount rate  

On 27 February 2017 the Ministry of Justice announced a reduction of the discount rate from 2.50% to -0.75% with effect from 20 March 2017.  

All eyes on the engine of Britain: local chambers are expanding and national sets opening annexes in the city. Tariq Sadiq offers an insight into life and practice at the Birmingham Bar  

Birmingham is a thriving, cosmopolitan city with a rich history.  

As the rule of law re-emerges as a vital and resilient pillar of the constitution, should lawyers extend their pro bono and use their skills to help rebuild society, asks Jolyon Maugham QC?  

Back in 1992, the then obscure American academic Francis Fukuyama argued that we were witnessing the end of history.  

Forewarned, forearmed: Dr Justine Rogers’ insider study of barristers and their pupils found distinct traits and pressures but there are collegiate solutions   

‘Pupillage is like doing a marathon with a box in your hands. And inside the box is a glass vase which you need to keep intact, and you don’t get to open the box until the end of the marathon and for all you know the vase broke on day one!’ 

Guy Fetherstonhaugh QC and Simon O’Toole assess the Pupillage Supervisor Network one year on and offer a view on pupillage regulation  

The Bar may be forgiven for thinking that our regulators positively enjoy tinkering with the rules for pupillage.  

Colin Yeo examines the status of EU citizens in the UK and British citizens in the EU after Brexit 

On 26 June 2017, over a year after the Brexit referendum result, the government finally published its proposals to ‘safeguard the position of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU’.  

Dominic Selwood (Corax, October 2016)
Paperback 384pp ISBN 978-0992633271  

This is the second in a trilogy of well-researched, historical, religious thrillers featuring heroine Dr Ava Curzon, ex-secret service turned museum curator, a sort of cross between Harry Palmer and Lara Croft 

Counsel talks to pioneers Christine Kings and Edith Robertson about the rise and role of the Legal Practice Management Association  

Twenty-one years ago with a handful of members, the Legal Practice Management Association (LPMA) was established.  

Brexit is likely to do real damage to women who would be disproportionately affected by a bonfire of workers’ rights, warns Aileen McColgan  

EU membership has been extremely significant to the rights of women in the UK, particularly in the area discrimination/equality rights which are the focus of this article.