Weekend Review 3: Sunday 27th January 2008

The theme this weekend is experimentation. I am experimenting with a bit of beard growing. I will almost certainly get bored with the idea… simply because I am beginning to look like Oliver Reed in Gladiator…. ahead of my time. I do not eat Fish Fingers these days… I had to eat quite [...]

Podcast 40: Carl Gardner on Peter Hain, Terrorism, The EU Amendment Bill and the problems about the rule of law in Pakistan…

Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, author of the Head of Legal blog. Carl was a government lawyer for ten years specialising in Constitutional and EU Law issues. Now freelance, Carl has some useful views today about the Peter Hain resignation, the Police investigation, possible charges, the new Counter Terrorism proposals being [...]

Podcast 39: Nearly Legal on his Training Contract experience….

Podcast 39 is with the author of the Nearly Legal Blog. After a distinguished career in academe (in another discipline), Nearly Legal re-qualified as a lawyer as is now completing his training contract en route to qualifying as a solicitor. It is a good story - and a positive one.
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