by Simon Myerson QC | Mar 25, 2020 | Qualities Required, Recommended Reading
Rhetoric is an interesting subject and when Claire Bradley (@Claire_Bradley0) tweeted about it, I asked her if she would like to write something for us. She said yes, so here it is. This is the argument for using the classical skills and structure. A more detailed...
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 | Sep 10, 2007 | Recommended Reading, This Blog
Sorry for being so quiet but three things are happening simultaneously. Firstly, I am really busy and I am finding the work particularly difficult (I had hoped this would stop but it seems not). I also have a lecture to give next week – the detail was late...
by Simon Myerson QC | May 20, 2007 | Recommended Reading
I have been reflecting on when you might first seek a mini-pupillage and whether any one time is better than any other. This is prompted by judging a moot in which neither of the winners had yet done a mini-pupillage, although both were certain about going to the Bar....
