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Dry January

11 January 2014

Dry January seems to be growing in popularity, a seasonal antidote to the excesses of Christmas and New Year. Sir Geoffrey however is having none of it.

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Leaving Law - and Becoming an Entrepreneur

04 January 2014

www.nichecreativity.com has just run a piece on lawyers who become entrepreneurs, abandoning their careers to pursue their dream of starting up a new business to take on Richard Branson or Jamie Oliver.

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Tax Avoiders

20 December 2013

HM government is very upset about tax avoidance, and especially annoyed about the legions of tax lawyers...

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Holiday Gambit

12 December 2013

Working over the holidays isn't as crazy as it sounds. If you get lucky, you might find yourself in an empty office with little to do but play carpet golf and browse the web...

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The Festive Season

06 December 2013

The run-up to Christmas is a busy season for everyone, especially at law firms. There are applications to be filed...

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Law Traffic

30 November 2013

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Queen's Counsel 20th Birthday Party

27 November 2013

Friday night was the 20th birthday party of Queen's Counsel, which has been running for 20 years in The (London) Times, since it was first published in October 1993...

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Getting Some Work Done

24 November 2013

As a junior barrister I was astonished at the lawyers who went in to work on a sunday....

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The Independent Bar

16 November 2013

Barristers, it is well known, are gentlemen (and nowadays even ladies) of a fearlessly independent character, taking cases without fear or favour according to the "cab rank rule"...

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Signed, personalised copies of Queen's Counsel books at our Amazon shop!

15 November 2013

Queen's Counsel cartoons now has its very own shop at amazon, where we have brand-new copies of all our books for sale...

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