Why we mourn celebrity deaths
I realised this weekend, that every single conversation I had with a fellow lawyer, in the past few days, turned,
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Author: Rehna
Itsalawyerslife and The Legal Style Awards
Itsalawyerslife and the Legal Style Awards are featured in this month’s Counsel magazine which goes out to the legal profession.
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From Freedom Flight to the Walk-back of Failure
Harry and Meghan Markle are being widely mocked for their humiliating, imminent return to the UK. It’s seen as an
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LFF 2025 Director Interviews
One of the pleasures of LFF is being able to do relaxed, informal interviews with the directors of some of
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LFF 2025: Broken English: Marianne Faithfull
The late, very talented and mesmerising Marianne Faithfull would likely have hated to be remembered as a tragic figure. She
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When Summer Holidays Become International Child Abduction Cases
Aah, summer: sun, sea, sand……. international child abduction. It’s a frightening combination for many parents at a time meant for
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The Odyssey: Film review
My reviews of films, theatre shows, products are always my honest opinion of them. Sometimes I go against the grain,
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Sinatra: Theatre review
‘The records show I took the blows and did it my way’ Many artists, from Elvis to Sid Vicious of
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Leaving London
‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life’ So wrote Samuel johnson in 1777. But what
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How do you make the law attractive? – Hire Law, ofcourse
By Jeremy Hall, Family Law barrister at 42BR Barristers The Swedes, it seems, are on a bit of a mission.
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Rehna’s Round-up. A week of art
It was a busy week of art, for me, last week. Monday On Monday I returned to the Frontline club,
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Taking Silk: Appointed King’s Counsel
‘Arcane rituals in fancy dress’ joked one of the judges! Recently I went to the Royal Courts of Justice to
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CANTERBURY HOT SPOTS
By Carolina Bax, barrister at 42BR Barristers, London The first time I ever went to Canterbury, for court, I left
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Timothée Chalamet: A Ping Pong of Outrage
A ping pong of outrage This week I seem to have been officially designated head cheerleader for Team Chalamet. Let
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The Jury is out
By Alexandra Vivona A Majority Secured but the Jury is Still Out I watched last night’s Commons vote on the Courts and
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EPIC: Elvis Presley in concert – review
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert By Rehna Azim No elaborate choreography, rehearsed to within an inch of its life. Just
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Gorton and Denton By-Election. why it matters.
by Alexandra Vivona, Political Correspondent Gorton and Denton: Why This Thursday’s By–Election Matters Voters in Gorton and Denton will go
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It’s never over: Jeff Buckley – film review
Genre: Documentary Director: Amy Berg Monday afternoon. Packed screening. Some of the crowd old enough to remember the 1990s. Others,
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Wuthering Heights: Film review
Emily Brontë‘s masterpiece, Wuthering Heights is sacred text to its generations of fans. It’s a bold, savage, layered, morally complex exploration of
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Melania : Film review
The Melania film, about the First Lady of the USA, has just had the biggest opening weekend of any documentary in the
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Oscars 2026 predictions
Awards Roundup It’s been minus 5 in parts of Britain, recently, but we have the warm glow of awards season
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The Escape Artist: Review
The Escape Artist – Netflix Review by Jeremy Hall 42BR Chambers ‘But you do know this is absolute bollocks don’t you’
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Stone Court House Hotel: Maidstone
Who would have thought I’d find a gem of a hotel in….Maidstone? No, I wasn’t on holiday in the town
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The Legal Style Awards : Vote Link!
Our hugely popular Legal Style Awards will take place on 6th November. We have an incredible line-up of nominees all
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Legal Style Awards 2025: Nominees
*** N O M I N A T I O N S *** THE LEGAL STYLE
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