BabyBarista

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About BabyBarista

BabyBarista is a fictional account of a junior barrister practising at the English Bar. The stories he tells appeared on The Times for three years and also led to him getting two book deals with Harry Potter’s publisher Bloomsbury. BabyBarista and the Art of War was published as a trade paperback last year and will appear as a mass market paperback this August under the new title Law and Disorder. Book Two of the BabyBarista Files is provisionally entitled Law and Peace and, although a date hasn’t yet been finalised, is likely to be published in 2011. BabyBarista is written by barrister and writer Tim Kevan. To read a press release about his resignation as a Times blogger over their introduction of a paywall click here.

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• 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.
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• 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.
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• ScandalMonger

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

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• OldFatherTime

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

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• 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