Not everyone knows about The Lord Chancellor’s Breakfast – so I thought I would start with that.
Parliament: The start of the legal year is marked with a religious service in Westminster Abbey – in which judges arrive from the Royal Courts of Justice – followed by a reception at the Houses of Parliament, hosted by the Lord Chancellor.
They go by car these days. Lord knows what tourists make of it – it is quite a sight!
A quick look at some law blogs… I haven’t done this for some time. Some law blogs are dead. These blogs are not dead – thankfully.
Obiter J is a regular visitor to my blog and, invariably, adds to the tone of my more sensible posts with very useful comments and links. I am delighted, therefore, to point you in the direction of his blog. He says he is retired but retains an interest in Human rights. It seems to me that Obiter J is very active! Have a look. It will repay the time. Obiter J also has a useful blog on International Law
An old friend of mine from the teaching days in the early 1980s, a retired criminal barrister, has an excellent blog. he doesn’t always blog directly about law – but law, politics, life are all intertwined – so I can recommend The Fat Bigot
John Bolch is a good friend of mine. I have known him for some time. He puts up with my nonsense about Family Law – but he certainly does the business on Family Lore and does podcasts with another friend of mine, Natasha Phillips, who writes the Divorce Manual blog – in a striking shade of YELLOW! . I am delighted to see that John Bolch has taken up cartooning! I also rather liked this sardonic post: Rubbish Fashion
Surfing Barrister Tim Kevan has escaped from behind The Times paywall to produce his own blog himself and this is also on The Guardian. Always 
Ex-Government barrister, Carl Gardner, writes The Head of Legal blog. In fact he seems to do a lot of writing and popped up in The Guardian only the other day with this piece:
Exposing celebrities’ sex lives is not in the public interest
Bystander JP of The Magistrates’ Blog is always worth reading – and I do so regularly. This is his latest post:
A Few Questions
If the proposal to put a ‘court’ into a shopping centre is anything but a cruel hoax, may I respectfully draw the attention of the Magistrates’ Association and the Ministry of Justice to a few practical difficulties?
I wrote about this absurd idea myself last night in a rather long and dark piece.
And… finally for today [I will try and visit a few law blogs as I post over the next two weeks. Providing too many links in one post may lead to overload].
The White Rabbit
Never any law in it – but always worth a read! Today’s offering…as good as it is every day!
Charon QC 