BabyBarista

A worm's eye view of the English Bar

• Home
• About BabyBarista

Don’t forget jury trials in the great repeal act

I’ve just written the second in my series of monthly articles for The Guardian Law (under my real name) urging the government to repeal the provision that allows for judge-only trials. You can read the article here and follow the series here.

Related posts:

1. Great review of 'BabyBarista and the Art of War' in The Times newspaper
2. Year 4, week 10: Lord Finchley
3. Year 2, week 2: CopyCat
4. Guest post: LibertyBelle speaks out
5. The age of prosperity

July 26, 2010 · babybarista · No Comments
Posted in: Uncategorized

• « Previous post
• Next post »

• Get BabyBarista by email

  Enter your email address:

  Delivered by FeedBurner

• Follow me

  

• Law and Disorder

  
• Law and Disorder is published by Bloomsbury and was described by broadcaster Jeremy Vine as "a wonderful, racing read - well-drawn, smartly plotted and laugh out loud" and by The Times as "a cross between The Talented Mr Ripley, Rumpole and Bridget Jones’s Diary". It was originally called BabyBarista and the Art of War and is based upon this blog which appeared on The Times for three years and now appears on The Guardian and which was described by The Lawyer as "genius".

• THE MAIN CHARACTERS

• OldSmoothie

  
• Think Peter Bowles in To The Manor Born and Milk Tray Man, but not quite. Once successful barrister now put out to graze as a committee man.
• 

• TheCreep

  
• Jumped up little twerp who sucks up to the big beasts in chambers and struts around as if he's really something when actually he's not.
• 

• ScandalMonger

  
• Ruthless PR guru who has become one of BabyB's secret litigation weapons
• 
  

• BigMouth

  
• Pompous Tory MP stuck on the backbenches like a piece of old chewing gum

• BusyBody

  
• A whirlwind of interference with a good heart and always up for a fight, particularly with OldSmoothie.

• TopFirst

  
• BabyB’s sworn enemy and former fellow pupil

• BabyBarista

  
• A young Flashman meets Rumpole meets Francis Urquart for the 21st century

• Click here to follow me on Twitter

  • @ClareRodway Thank you Clare :-)

• OldFatherTime

  
• A whisper on the wind, Highlander-type figure who is older than time itself

• Recent Comments

  • MediaShift . How Metadata Can Eliminate the Need for Pay Walls | PBS on The writing’s on the paywall
  • World Wide News Flash on Poem on Rob the Rubbish by Radio 4’s Matt Harvey
  • durando on Weekend video: Rumpole of the Bailey’s first episode

• TheVamp

  
• Tenant in chambers and a walking Carry On film of an innuendo

• OldRuin

  
• How a barrister should be. Dumbledore meets Clarence, the angel in Its a Wonderful Life. BabyB’s redemption.

• TheBusker

  
• Barrister of ten years call with the integrity and decency of OldRuin. Very laid back in his approach to both court and life. Admired by BabyB.

• TheBoss

  
• BabyB’s ex-pupilmaster. Unscrupulous, spineless coward.

• HeadClerk

  
• The real power in chambers. All seeing, all knowing.

• PupilFodder

  
• Learner Barrister foisted upon his unsuspecting client who gets shredded in court

• UpTights

  
• BabyB’s pupilmistress for his second six months who was almost called BoTucks for the work she’s had done. Insists on boundaries and personal space. Has ‘issues’.

• JudgeJewellery

  
• Judge with penchant for stealing high street trinkets