Law and Peace
The BabyBarista Files
Published on 3. May 2011
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-4088-1421-5 (ISBN)
Description
BabyBarista has learned the hard way that dirty tricks and a faulty moral compass are essential items in a young lawyer's briefcase. Now, as the newest tenant in chambers and under the watchful eye of OldRuin, he must try to keep his nose (and his wig) clean.
But when SlipperySlope, an unscrupulous solicitor, offers him a quick way out of his financial difficulties, BabyBarista soon becomes embroiled in blackmail, dodgy share-dealing and the dark arts of litigation.
With his old adversary TopFirst out for revenge, and the chance to be awarded a coveted 'red bag' at stake, BabyB must use all the tricks of his trade to extricate himself from his legal quagmire, win a seemingly impossible case and somehow convince his best friend to fall in love with him.
Chronicling the hilarious and sometimes almost unbelievable absurdities of the modern bar and peopled by a cast of unforgettable characters, Law and Peace is a funny, fast-paced Machiavellian romp through the legal world.
But when SlipperySlope, an unscrupulous solicitor, offers him a quick way out of his financial difficulties, BabyBarista soon becomes embroiled in blackmail, dodgy share-dealing and the dark arts of litigation.
With his old adversary TopFirst out for revenge, and the chance to be awarded a coveted 'red bag' at stake, BabyB must use all the tricks of his trade to extricate himself from his legal quagmire, win a seemingly impossible case and somehow convince his best friend to fall in love with him.
Chronicling the hilarious and sometimes almost unbelievable absurdities of the modern bar and peopled by a cast of unforgettable characters, Law and Peace is a funny, fast-paced Machiavellian romp through the legal world.
Reviews / Votes
This funny, sharp account of backstabbing Bar life ... comes highly recommended * Daily Mail * The legal world is laid bare in a novel bursting with invention. What a cast of characters Tim Kevan has assembled - drawn so acutely that I almost worry they might be real * Jeremy Vine * Excellent * Guardian *More details
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Tim Kevan practised as a barrister in London for ten years, during which time he wrote or co-wrote ten law books and was a regular legal pundit for television and radio. He is the author of Law and Disorder, which was described by broadcaster Jeremy Vine as 'a wonderful, racing read - well-drawn, smartly plotted and laugh-out-loud'. He is the co-author of Why Lawyers Should Surf (with Dr Michelle Tempest). He now lives by the sea in Braunton in North Devon where he surfs and continues to write the BabyBarista Blog for the Guardian. He is also the co-founder of two businesses, CPD Webinars and Law Brief Publishing. Brought up in Minehead in Somerset, he was educated at Cambridge and was a scholar of the Middle Temple.