BabyBarista
"Serving coffee for the rich and powerful—a junior's view." An admittedly fictional diary of a junior barrister at the English bar. It was a sensation from the start, and the London Times picked it up within months of its launch. It’s part soap opera and part snark from an author who’s cheesed off with the legal profession.
Author: Tim Kevan is a barrister based in Braunton, England, is also the co-author of Why Lawyers Should Surf and the founder of two legal businesses: CPD Webinars, which provides online video seminars for continuing legal education, and Law Brief Publishing, which publishes legal newsletters and journals. He also authors The Barrister Blog.
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Recent Posts from BabyBarista
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Year 3, week 39: Twitter
With tenancy decisions getting nearer, it brings back terrible memories of two years ago and my first fights with TopFirst. Though I’ve been more than a little pre-occupied with my own problems in the last…
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Year 3, week 39: BeachedWhale
We’ve been doing more interviews for pupillage this week and incredibly they’ve continued to allow OldSmoothie and UpTights to take part. Last night apparently one of the female candidates had listed as her hobbies synchronised…
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Boxer Barry McGuigan MBE praises BabyBarista book
Nice review of BabyBarista and the Art of War from Barry McGuigan MBE, former World featherweight Boxing Champion: "BabyBarista provides an entertaining and highly amusing insight into the mysterious world of wigs and gowns. Right…
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Year 3, week 39: a sad day
“It is a sad day,” said OldRuin, who seemed to be uncharacteristically agitated this evening. “Why’s that?” I asked. “Have you read the news? The Times has reported that the Court of Appeal has decided…
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Year 3, week 38: what larks, eh pip?
There was a colourful menagerie of extremely high maintenance ladies gathered together in lunch today. You see, it was the Middle Temple Church Fete this evening and it was due to be opened by the…
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Year 3, week 38: age-old problem
Much fuss at a chambers meeting yesterday. Apparently we recently turned down a fifty-eight year old lady for interview and she has made an official complaint claiming that she has been discriminated against on account…
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Year 3, week 37: chocolate teapots
Chambers had a meeting yesterday evening about something close to everybody’s heart. Actually as close to many of their hearts as you’re likely to get since the subject was costs. More particularly, how they could…
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Year 3, week 37: slap versus tickle
So last week we had a couple of days of submissions in the Moldy litigation and were then given a couple more weeks to prepare for a few other contrived questions by JudgeFetish. Really nothing…
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Year 3, week 36: up Judy’s Passage
“Terrible thing,” said HeadofChambers at lunch, “The Fourth of June and all will be dead.” “What on earth are you talking about,” asked UpTights. “George III’s birthday of course. Champagne and smoked salmon on Agar's,…
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Year 3, week 36: delicious irony
There was a long queue outside of chambers today which was an unusual sight since barristers rarely queue up for anything. As I approached, I could hear a very heated conversation although for once it…