by Simon Myerson QC | Jan 8, 2021 | Life at the Bar, No Pupillage
The portal is open! But you knew that. It closes on February 8th at 11am! But you knew that. We know it has been a difficult year. We know your exams have been a shitshow, a disaster, run by incompetents, an experience requiring you to wee in a bottle, a sub-optimal...
by Simon Myerson QC | Jan 6, 2021 | Life at the Bar, No Pupillage, The BPTC
We will soon publish the details of how pupillage applicants can get their completed applications reviewed by a volunteer member of the Bar. We are enormously grateful to our volunteers, and welcome any others. If you’re a barrister reading this, please send me...
by Simon Myerson QC | Nov 18, 2019 | Life at the Bar, This Blog
It’s here! The Billable Hour cookbook is available for pre-order on this link – http://www.billablehour.org/cookbook You will want to order thousands of copies for Christmas/Chanukah/Winter Solstice celebrations/whateva. The benefits are multifold: it shows...
by Simon Myerson QC | Feb 18, 2016 | Life at the Bar, Recommended Reading
Apologies for the clickbait title, but anyone taking an exam (BPTC or Recorder) may well be asked about joint enterprise, now that Lord N has agreed that the law has taken a wrong turn. The correction manoeuvre has only taken 31 years, which for the UK is equivalent...
by Simon Myerson QC | Oct 31, 2010 | Humour, Life at the Bar
Ecclesiastical Law I feel slightly fraudulent doing this, because my sort of ecclesiastical law is practised in the London Beth Din (a recognised Tribunal under the Arbitration Acts) and differs from the Court of Appeal in only a few ways. Firstly, beards are not...
by Simon Myerson QC | Jul 23, 2010 | Humour, Life at the Bar
We haven’t had anything that passes as humour for a while. This is nothing to do with the merits of your case, but it is to do with getting a good result and being thought of as a coming young thing. The Magistrates Court. Distinguish between lay Magistrates and...
