Today I am talking to the President of The Law Society, Andrew Holroyd, about the Law Society stepping in to help international Lawyers, reported recently in the press.. The Law Society, the Association of Muslim Lawyers and the Bar Council will call on the Pakistani authorities for the release and reinstatement of lawyers and judges imprisoned in Pakistan following the recent constitutional crisis. Andrew Holroyd also drew attention to the fact that the Law Society has raised £85,000 so far to help lawyers in Zimababwe.
Andrew Holroyd, President of the Law Society, has stated in the Press: “Solicitors have a duty to uphold the rule of law. The rule of law requires the judiciary and the legal profession to be independent and free from political interference. The Law Society continues to urge the government of Pakistan to return to an internationally recognised standard of the rule of law and to release and reinstate those lawyers and judges who remain in detention.”
Listen to Podcast 41: Andrew Holroyd, President of The Law Society
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 enough of those when I was detained for a crime I did not commit at detention centres, called schools, in Scotland between the age of 7-18.
Hain resignation, the Police investigation, possibles charges, the Home Secretary’s difficulties pushing through an extension of detention without trial powers and the continuing imprisonment of lawyers and judges in Pakistan. : 
We have some new UK blawgers: 
winding turn. Absolutely….
PS: I am also experimenting with PageFlakes – an aggregator – for Consilio. 
Podcast 39 is with the author of the Nearly Legal Blog. After a distinguished career in academe (in another discipline), 
Today a rogue trader at a leading French bank lost them 
Timothy Dutton QC (Left) has written a letter to The Legal Services Commission about the LSC contract.
Northern Rocky Horror Show
A good friend of mine, a First Officer who flies Jumbos, sent me this pic via Facebook.
We have a packed programme for you. The programme runs for approximately 38 minutes but you can download it and listen to it in stages! Today Peter Rouse of 
Today I am talking to the author of the LawMinx blog. Lawminx is studying for the BVC part-time and cimbining this with research for a Ph.D in International Law. We discuss the difficulties of doing the BVC on a part-time course, her views on the course and her plans for pupillage and beyond.
Today I am talking to Nick Holmes, author, internet guru and founder of 
Not many people know this… but I have a non-English speaking cousin, Fabio Charonello, who is now managing a local football team using sign language. He won’t be busy this summer – but he has high hopes for the future and, as far as I know, he is up to date with his Italian paperwork.
I have spent a few minutes online selecting a coffin, seeing if anyone has an online downloadable Will precedent and ensuring that Gordon Brown doesn’t want me to give any of my remaining organs to medical science… 
has been watching too many episodes of that TV programme with the 
Today I am talking to Katherine Gibson, President of the Junior Lawyers Division of The Law Society about the new help line set up to help students and young lawyers who get into difficulty or are suffering from stress and pressure.
Charon QC 