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 | Jan 13, 2019 | This Blog
Welcome, And welcome back. I last wrote properly about pupillage in 2016. Since then, the site has been used to tell you how rubbish I think the MoJ is (and I do), and how we ought to work to rule rather than go on strike (and I do). But it hasn’t said anything...
by Simon Myerson QC | Jul 5, 2010 | This Blog
I toyed with the idea of calling this post ‘Wall of Shame Redux’ and inviting posts on the topic of interviews and feedback, rather than the accusations which have bedevilled the last post. However, I thought I ought to make my position clear where it can...
by Simon Myerson QC | Feb 22, 2008 | This Blog
I am sitting at my desk looking at a letter. The letter is from a young lady who appeared before me for sentence in January 2006. She had been dealing class A drugs. I imposed a suspended sentence with a Drug Treatment and Testing Order. That was on the lenient side...
by Simon Myerson QC | Nov 20, 2007 | This Blog
I spoke to the 6th form at a school yesterday – something I regard as important, as you know, and which I wish all barristers would do. Unfortunately it isn’t possible to have 6th formers in Chambers – the logistics are just too complicated and there...
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...
