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Dead Thin: a medico-legal thriller
Dead Thin: a medico-legal thriller Diana Brahams £8.99, Heathview Books ★★★✩✩ This is an unusual story about a pharmaceutical company that has developed a miracle cure slimming pill. It starts with the death of one of its employees. A colleague finds worrying information in the dead person’s home. The tale unfolds with glamorous journalists and a computer hacker. It raises questions about the moral and legal dilemmas facing the industry.
Best law books of the year 2022
When I started reviewing books, there was the John Grisham Test. Any promising legal fiction writer was said to be the new Grisham. This test had replaced the Rumpole Test which was along the same lines but more suited to books with less action and more humour. There is plenty of legal fiction around; some of it is very good. Of particular note are Hosting Andrew by John Lawrance and anything by Abi Silver including The Ambrosia Project.
The Regal Throne: Power, Politics and Ribaldry
The Regal Throne: Power, Politics and Ribaldry A Guide to Shakespeare’s Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V Nicholas Dobson £40, Liverpool University Press ★★★★✩ In seeking to ‘demystify’ Shakespeare, Nicholas Dobson enriches the reader’s experience with lively commentary underpinned with quotations and notes for each play.
Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Precedents of Pleadings (19th edition)
Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Precedents of Pleadings (19th edition) General editors: The Hon Sir William Blair, Lord Brennan, KC, The Right Hon Professor Sir Robin Jacob, The Hon Sir Brian Langstaff £636, Sweet & Maxwell ★★★★✩ I had not seen this book for many years. To revisit a practitioner text, especially one that is so useful and whose pleadings are so succinct, has been a joy. The work is incredibly practitioner-friendly.
Inheritance Act Claims: A Practical Guide (3rd edition)
Inheritance Act Claims: A Practical Guide (3rd edition) Miranda Allardice, Tracey Angus, Paul Hewitt and Penelope Reed £95, the Law Society ★★★★✩ Inheritance Act claims can strike fear in many practitioners. This is the glaring wrinkle in the principle of complete testamentary freedom under the law in England and Wales. When drafting wills, clients and their advisers should be aware of claims – but it can seem byzantine at times.
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