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.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Firms • International • Europe • United Kingdom • Legal News Publication
Recent Posts from BabyBarista
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Year 4, week 8: tontine
“Have you ever heard of a tontine, BabyB?” It was OldRuin and I admitted that I hadn’t. “Quite simple, really. An agreement whereby a group of people hold assets together and as each one dies…
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Year 4, week 8: OldSmoothie voice goes viral
After years of innuendo-ridden little speeches to chambers tea by OldSmoothie, TheBusker suggested the other day that perhaps a few of his choice quotes might be recorded for posterity on Twitter. This led to a…
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Year 4, week 6: get out of jail free card
Yesterday I had my third case in as many weeks in which a Defendant successfully claimed that he’d had a blackout at the wheel. Automatism they call it. ‘Simply not my fault, mate.’ More like…
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Year 4, week 6: FillyBlustering
I’ve been working on the Moldy litigation the last few weeks trying to dig out any evidence which might back up what TopFlirt has insinuated, namely that TopFirst has in some way stitched up one…
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Year 4, week 6: terms of enragement
The thing I’ve started to realise about ClichéClanger is that his gruff Northern demeanour and no nonsense approach belies a very wry sense of humour and a subtle twinkle in the eye. Today I received…
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Year 4, week 5: chuckled out of court
TheBusker had already wound up TheCreep with his Skeleton Argument and by the time we arrived at court TheCreep was almost jumping up and down with frustration as he tried desperately to find out what…
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Year 4, week 5: skeleton arguments
I’m off to watch TheBusker in court tomorrow since I have to say that my occasional visits are teaching me more about courtroom tactics than ever anything I learnt from my wonderful pupilmasters. Then again,…
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Year 4, week 5: postman plod…
“Don’t forget there’s another postal strike,” said HeadClerk this morning. “Extraordinary,” said OldSmoothie. “Like turkeys voting for Christmas.” “Well, so long as it’s not by postal vote,” said TheVamp coming into the Clerks Room. “Yet…
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Year 3, week 53: under-billing
When I arrived in this morning all I got from HeadClerk was a very curt nod, completely out of character for a person who is usually so positive and upbeat. ‘What’s up with with HeadClerk?’…
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Year 3, week 52: end of the road
Much chatter in chambers tea yesterday afternoon about statement from the Ministry of Justice which will bring in fixed costs for the vast majority of road traffic cases valued up to £10,000. “It’s the end…