The Order of Barristers Puns

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Soft Heart: Rhapsody (soap and balm)

The Full Measure of Man (soap and balm)

I like the Rhapsody but it's too similar to B&M 42. I like FMOM well enough but a lady behind me in line yesterday remarked to her friend, "why do I smell curry?" and I'm pretty sure it was because of me. "Curry" is not what I was hoping for when I bought this. Time to sell!

> In the Gina Miller case, the government’s prerogative powers could not be used to give notice under Article 50 because that would affect rights and obligations of people in the UK.

>The Supreme Court held this was contrary to the intention of Parliament as reflected in the European Communities Act 1972.

>Similar logic would seem to apply to an extension of time under Article 50. Since Parliament has provided in the Withdrawal Act a special procedure which requires votes in each House of Parliament before the UK’s internal law can be changed apply EU law for the extended period, the argument is that the government cannot use prerogative powers to pre-empt the procedure laid down by Parliament.

Interesting from a legal perspective, but I'm not sure it will hold water. The "intention of parliament" was already made clear when it gave its permission in principle on 14 March for the govt to extend Brexit, even if it did not name a date. Two weeks' delay is not so contentious an extension that a Brexiteering-type of Gina Miller could take the govt to court for it, surely?

The entire article is as follows:

Martin Howe, QC 24 MARCH 2019 • 9:30PM

Every day of the Brexit process brings new and startling turns, but Theresa May’s latest gambit moves events into new realms of astonishment.

On Friday, she instructed Sir Tim Barrow, our man in Brussels, to write a letter to the EU which formally agrees to Article 50 being extended to 12 April (at least), without first waiting for Parliament to approve the extension.

The EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 governs our exit from the EU. It says that “exit day” will be on 29 March. After that day, the European Communities Act 1972 - which gives effect to EU treaty obligations in UK domestic law - will be repealed.

But the 2018 Act also allows “exit day” to be changed - by a special piece of legislation called a “statutory instrument” (SI) - so long as a draft of the SI is approved by a vote in each House of Parliament.

Those votes on the SI are expected this week. But the government is claiming that because of Sir Tim’s letter, the extension has already happened.

Nothing Parliament can say or do can stop it. All that will happen if the SI is voted down, says the government, is that the UK’s internal law will be not be changed to match the new exit date which has been internationally agreed.

So voting down the SI will cause legal chaos because the UK’s internal law will not conform with our international o

BATTLE OF THE BARBERSHOPS 3/8: BARRISTER AND MANN - SEVILLE

For research and preparation I watched “Looney Tunes - Rabbit of Seville” 

The pain of a Bugs Bunny shave is greatly exaggerated in this Technicolor cartoon, but in reality, only fairly recently has a trip to the barber become a pleasant and/or luxurious experience. Barbers in the middle ages and into the late 1800s would take care of your hair/beard, but they also performed dental work, bloodletting, boil draining, cyst removal, and other surgical services. Barbers in some parts of the world still give short neck massages, a traditional nod to the neck, ear, and scalp care that they’ve historically provided. Local ingredients would be the focus of the balms and salves used by those barbers and doctors.

The barbershop scent varies from region to region largely due to cultural preferences and those local ingredients. European barbershop scents are more likely to be almond-based, due to Italian influence. When I deployed to Turkey, lemon kolonyasi was the dominant scent along with Arko (also lemon-based). If you ever get the opportunity to get a full shave and haircut in Turkey, it is exactly what I would imagine was commonplace before WWII. The barbers there would happily use my soap and straight razor if I brought it, otherwise, an Arko and a shavette shave was what I got! That citrusy experience is something that I remember fondly despite my 12-14hr, 6 day per week, one year long tour. I was stationed in Adana at the time and was not able to leave the base due to the on-going conflict with ISIS, but the base brought Turkish barbers over to the US side daily. A one-hour visit to the on-base barbershop every other week was the closest to getting off-base that I would ever get over an entire year, so I learned to treasure the rest and relaxation there. The barbers hardly spoke English. I hardly spoke Turkish. It didn’t matter. We all understood how we should feel at the barbershop, for they always ended the haircut and shave with a brief neck massage and splash of cologne.

Scent

As the name and scent would imply, Seville is an area of Spain known for lemons and oranges, so it is fitting that Barrister and Mann's offering would be a citrus-forward interpretation. Off the tub, there’s an unmistakable burst of lemon while the herbal/earthy and powder notes are subdued and don’t really come forward until the soap is lathered. Ye

I've heard that the first few years at the Bar can be tough, I am interested to hear how you managed the transition. Did you go straight to the bar? A few years in private practice? How were your first few years as a Barrister?

Sorry that I am a student coming from another common law jurisdiction so I may not fully appreciate the current landscape of the English criminal justice system.

I started reading the book as I began my LLM here, though I am progressing with the book quite slowly. I just finished the chapter on magistracy justice in England, and am quits astonished by the state of affairs described. Thus I wonder if the description in the book is fair in general, and also wish to know how redditors in UK see the criminal justice system here.

I apologise for any misunderstanding on my part of the English system and that of my home jurisdiction. Obviously, as a student, I still have a lot to learn. I also hope that my broken English would not cause a trouble the fellow redditors here, since English is not my mother toungue.

So far, here are some of the features which I feel surprised with and interested to explore:

• (1) Extensive use of lay magistrates / JPs

In my home jurisdiction, JPs are largely reduced to serve ceremonial duties (and have become some sort of honorific titles). Their most prominent remaining function is perhaps making regular and irregular visits to prisons.

An absolute majority of magistrates in my home jurisdiction are professionally qualified. There was in the 1980s-90s a small number of them who are lay people, yet they have limited jurisdiction -- and thereafter legislative amendments were introduced to require all magistrates to possess professional qualifications.

I do recognise that the lay magistrates / JPs do perform a role in "democratising" the judicial decision making, especially in relation to fact-finding exercises. Yet, in agreement with the author (please correct me if I understood him/her wrongly), I doubt if the democratic element is weighty enough to justify allowing (unrepresentative) lay people who have limited experience in dealing with inferences (, deciding admissibility of evidence and so forth) to decide the fate of the accused (and of the victims).

(In fact, as far as I recall, in quite a few civil law jurisdictions, the introduction of systems, for example, of having 1 lay judge in a panel of 3, has caused substantial controversy.)

I am not saying that having professional magistrates would resolve all the problems. In my home jurisdiction, without going too far, it is widely said that the remuneration packages offered by the Judiciary are not attractive to successful criminal practitioners.

Nevertheless, also as a

Yes, I wear the horsehair wig.

Lather Talk #013: This week our guest is Will Carius of Barrister and Mann and the recently launched Berceuse Parfum. We’ll take a deep dive into how Berceuse Parfum and the first scent in the line, Allegretto 7.2 (designed by Antonio Gardoni) came to be, as well as explore the artistry of perfumery and how it intersects with other art forms. The musical piece that inspired Berceuse Parfum’s Allegretto 7.2 is Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, 2nd movement (Some gems in the comments section on this one, I need to YouTube more classical pieces). We wrap up the interview with some discussion of highlights from 2019 for Barrister and Mann and what we can look forward to in 2020.

I also want to give a head's up that there are some personal stories that really give a good look at the behind-the-scenes process of both Berceuse and BaM, but my favorite part of the interview is where we discuss what role emotion has to play in perfumery and Will shares a very personal story where a fragrance brought him to tears. I hope you'll check it out!

Cover: https://imgur.com/a/BgXzeUo

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tfMPc89XW8

Podcast: https://anchor.fm/lathertalk (Includes full list of podcast providers)

BATTLE OF THE BARBERSHOPS 3/8: BARRISTER AND MANN - SEVILLE

For research and preparation I watched “Looney Tunes - Rabbit of Seville” 

The pain of a Bugs Bunny shave is greatly exaggerated in this Technicolor cartoon, but in reality, only fairly recently has a trip to the barber become a pleasant and/or luxurious experience. Barbers in the middle ages and into the late 1800s would take care of your hair/beard, but they also performed dental work, bloodletting, boil draining, cyst removal, and other surgical services. Barbers in some parts of the world still give short neck massages, a traditional nod to the neck, ear, and scalp care that they’ve historically provided. Local ingredients would be the focus of the balms and salves used by those barbers and doctors.

The barbershop scent varies from region to region largely due to cultural preferences and those local ingredients. European barbershop scents are more likely to be almond-based, due to Italian influence. When I deployed to Turkey, lemon kolonyasi was the dominant scent along with Arko (also lemon-based). If you ever get the opportunity to get a full shave and haircut in Turkey, it is exactly what I would imagine was commonplace before WWII. The barbers there would happily use my soap and straight razor if I brought it, otherwise, an Arko and a shavette shave was what I got! That citrusy experience is something that I remember fondly despite my 12-14hr, 6 day per week, one year long tour. I was stationed in Adana at the time and was not able to leave the base due to the on-going conflict with ISIS, but the base brought Turkish barbers over to the US side daily. A one-hour visit to the on-base barbershop every other week was the closest to getting off-base that I would ever get over an entire year, so I learned to treasure the rest and relaxation there. The barbers hardly spoke English. I hardly spoke Turkish. It didn’t matter. We all understood how we should feel at the barbershop, for they always ended the haircut and shave with a brief neck massage and splash of cologne.

Scent

As the name and scent would imply, Seville is an area of Spain known for lemons and oranges, so it is fitting that Barrister and Mann's offering would be a citrus-forward interpretation. Off the tub, there’s an unmistakable burst of lemon while the herbal/earthy and powder notes are subdued and don’t really come forward until the soap is lathered. Ye