by Simon Myerson QC | Oct 25, 2009 | Life at the Bar, The Future
The internal ladder: possibly the only ladder you have to climb of whose existence you are ignorant. You might have thought that this job was easy. You get a pupillage, a tenancy, your clerks get you work, you do the work well, professional success is yours. Well, up...
by Simon Myerson QC | Sep 23, 2009 | Life at the Bar, Tenancy, The Future
Congratulations. You have made it, you are through the door, your feet are under the table, your head is in the clouds, your eyes are gazing on a distant future and your ears are burning. Now what? There are two traditional matters to concentrate on, and one brand new...
by Simon Myerson QC | Sep 6, 2009 | The Future
As the recession comes to an (apparent, so we are told) end, we find ourselves in interesting times. Perhaps the most pressing question for readers of this blog is how the need to repay the mortgage we took out over our own future will impact upon legal services. This...
by Simon Myerson QC | Mar 11, 2009 | Life at the Bar, The BPTC, The Future
I have been thinking about this for some time (whether I have got it right is another matter). The BVC doesn’t work. It costs far too much and it takes on too many people who have no chance of succeeding, thus depriving them of a lot of money they will never...
by Simon Myerson QC | Jun 23, 2007 | Life at the Bar, Qualities Required, The Future
As Peter Goldsmith goes, it seems apposite to take a moment to reflect on the main issue for his successor which affects the Bar – the ‘world-class prosecuting service’ which is (allegedly) the CPS. This is not a post about competence. Apart from...
