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Digital Assets and Probate: A Practitioner’s Guide
Digital Assets and Probate: A Practitioner’s Guide James Normington £49, Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing ★★★★✩ This concise, user-friendly and expansive text is a worthwhile read for any private client practitioner. The book does not just cover cryptoassets, on which many texts in this field seem to focus. In fact, most of it covers digital assets, a term that hides a multitude of elements. These includes social media accounts and dating sites.
Great Legal Writing: Lessons from Literature
Great Legal Writing: Lessons from Literature Max Barrett £75, Globe Law and Business ★★★★★ Every now and then I have the privilege of reading a book in which the author’s breadth of knowledge and elegance of prose take my breath away. Great Legal Writing by Max Barrett, otherwise known as Mr Justice Barrett, is one such rare find.
Your Last Gift - Getting Your Affairs in Order
Your Last Gift – Getting Your Affairs in Order Matthew Hutton £19.99, Nielsen This compact and very readable book is described as being ‘about as useful as a book can be’ by no less a luminary than Stephen Fry – and I would certainly agree. It neatly encompasses principally both wills and estate administration, while also sensitively bridging the gap between the two that can perhaps be overlooked.
A guide through the Odyssey of tort law
Common Law and Civil Law Perspectives on Tort Law Common Law and Civil Law Perspectives on Tort Law Mauro Bussani, Anthony J Sebok and Marta Infantino £64, Oxford University Press This study of comparative tort law sets out in readable prose to deconstruct tort law and how it is applied in five jurisdictions – England and Wales, the US, France, Germany and Italy – and more generally elsewhere.
Compelling stories from the frontline
The Jury’s Out: A lawyer’s tales from courts and jails Anthony Harkavy £10.99, Best Books and Films This is an excellent collection of some very enjoyable short stories about the law and lawyers. They are great fun and varied. Many are courtroom dramas; others are set inside prisons or general legal tales. They are all thought-provoking, moving or humorous. Some feature a solicitor hero who sets up in practice as a justice-seeking lawyer who will take on any client that seems a lost cause.
(Almost) Anything But Family Court
(Almost) Anything But Family Court Jo O’Sullivan £20, Bath Publishing ★★★★★ Many would say there are three main types of alternative family dispute resolution: mediation, arbitration and collaborative law. This book actually counts a dozen, including three varieties of mediation. A groundbreaking work encouraging couples to avoid family court, this book outlines the people and processes that can resolve family law matters, whether in relation to children or finances, to avoid going to court.
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