Recent posts
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20th June 2012
We all love it when a judge mentions us in a judgment (unless we are the Defendant!) so imagine the joy in Halsbury House when Lord Justice Richards said the following in the Court of Appeal:
“16. There has been some debate before us as to...
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26th March 2012
Here are the questions from tonights quiz. First BPTC student from out of London to send a full list of correct answers with their name, BPTC provider and Inn to askcat@lexisnexis.co.uk wins a £100 donation...
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16th March 2012
Any BPTC students or barristers wanting to get some revision done, or brush up on their procedure in a pub setting are cordially invited to join us at a FREE PUB QUIZ on Monday the 26th March 2012, at the Penderel’s Oak, High Holborn. There will be...
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24th February 2012
Simon Myerson QC published an article on ‘Legalcheek’ last week ostensibly making rather a good point about the number of pupillages and their related funding; however he also commented in a rather inflammatory way on the use, or rather uselessness, of...
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17th February 2012
In the Law society Gazette a couple of weeks ago Baroness Deech suggested that one way to improve legal education would be to combine the training of solicitors and barristers. Whilst I agree with her sentiment that “There are too many hard cases at...
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17th February 2012
Alex Aldridge (@legalcheek) recently wrote an article for the Guardian about some of the problems UK law schools have faced in recent years. Amongst them were botched exams and results, new logo backlash, and admissions policies (or lack thereof). This...
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9th December 2011
How do experienced practitioners feel about those of us now studying for legal qualifications being able to simply open a laptop and watch top QC’s examining and cross-examining witnesses?
Televised and online legal proceedings enable students,...
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14th October 2011
Earlier this year whilst studying for the LLM I approached LexisNexis and the Faculty of Laws at UCL with a proposal for a debate on the future of legal education entitled ‘Do lawyers need to be scholars?’.
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7th October 2011
We’ve had a few queries recently about finding Statutory Instruments and subordinate legislation on LexisLibrary...
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7th October 2011
Learning about an entirely new system of legislation can be daunting, so here is a quick guide to finding European legislation*:
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Education
Kaplan Law School (BPTC) 2011-12, University College London (LLM) 2010-11, Nottingham Law School (GDL) 2007-8, University of East Anglia (BA Hons. Drama) 1996-9Memberships
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