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"Witty and incisive comment on the law today, including crime and punishment, love and marriage, prison reform, personal injury, police and the courts."

Author: David Osborne is a barrister who lives in Somerset, England, and is the author of Toby Potts in the Temple of Gloom and Other Adventures of Our Intrepid Hero, a humorous book on the law, and a two e-books: The Road to Success and Public Speaking—the Ultimate Guide to the Art of Public Speaking.

Blawg Related Categories: Criminal JusticeTort LawInjury & Accident LawInternationalEuropeUnited KingdomConsultant


Recent Posts from The Barrister Bard

  • DO AS MUCH OF IT AS YOU CAN

    Bernard “Madoff with billions” has been sentenced to 150 years in prison, and at the ripe old age of 71, unlikely to smell the roses or feel the grass beneath his feet again before he…

  • BALANCING ACT

    Two interesting reports highlight the difficulties of striking a balance between the competing interests of the prosecuting authorities and the rights of the accused.  The first is the House of Lords judgment against the State…

  • ONE LAW FOR THEM……………

    And another for the rest of us.   On one view, enough and more has been revealed in the press and the media about MPs expenses over the past few weeks.  They have been examined…

  • THE TRUTH NEVER HURTS

    Two different but related reports have caught my eye this week.  The first deals with the ordeal of giving evidence in court, and the second with the apparent lack of support from a variety of…

  • SWINE FLU

    So it’s with us, or not, as the case may be.  I refer, of course, to Swine Flu, and all the doom laden experts have been queuing up in the Press and the Media to…


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