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Articles by Robert Attard
‘Scholasticide’ - The Journal
The Israeli war on Gaza has become a war on Palestinian children. This was as true on 7th October as it is today. On 17th August, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for a seven-day ceasefire to allow children in Gaza to be vaccinated against polio. “I am appealing to all parties to provide concrete assurances right away, guaranteeing humanitarian pauses for the campaign,” he said.
The Conscious Lawyer: Courageous leadership for high-performing professionals
The Conscious Lawyer: Courageous leadership for high-performing professionals Kiran Scarr £29.99, Practical Inspiration Publishing ★★★✩✩ What makes the leader of any organisation good, and which skills and qualities are required to be a good leader of a law firm in particular? As we are all aware, the legal profession faces many new pressures in the post-Covid world, ranging from different work patterns to changing expectations among clients.
Private International Law in English Courts (second edition)
Private International Law in English Courts (second edition) Adrian Briggs £285, Oxford University Press ★★★★✩ This book, a monumental work of scholarship, is one of a number of books in the Oxford University Press Private International Law series. The first edition came out in 2014 and the second edition this year, stating the law as at 22 September 2022. The notable feature of the second is that it addresses the impact of Brexit on England’s approach to private international law.
Blackstone’s Guide to The Domestic Abuse Act 2021
Blackstone’s Guide to The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Edited by Susan Edwards, David Malone and Gillian Jones KC £65, Oxford University Press ★★★★✩ For practitioners, new legislation brings with it the need to rapidly get to grips with the statute and, as invariably follows, interpretations of it. The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 was no different.
Portraits of Women in International Law: New Names and Forgotten Faces
Lives in miniature: women who shaped international law Portraits of Women in International Law: New Names and Forgotten Faces Immi Tallgren (editor) £39.99, OUP ★★★✩✩ This compendium of 42 ‘portraits’ of women active in international law from the Middle Ages to the present is packed so full of information that it is best treated as a reference work. It would be overwhelming to read it end-to-end; much better to dip in and out, reading one essay at a time.
Exchange of information for taxation purposes
The United States’ Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), the European Union’s Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC) in the field of taxation – which also includes the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Common Reporting Standard (CRS), and Double Tax Treaties and Tax Information Exchange Agreements – have one common feature, namely to enable tax information to flow among tax authorities.
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