tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292155352023-08-12T01:07:16.088+00:00by barrister (non-practising) and writer Tim KevanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215535.post-62085836806780958482018-08-21T14:03:00.003+00:002018-08-21T14:24:43.675+00:00

The problem In the past I've for the most part surfed whilst wearing soft contact lenses. However, recently I've become aware of the risks of infection that this can cause. I'd be fine with the risk if it just meant a small chance that I'd have at worst a couple of months of discomfort and perhaps a course of anti-biotics. But it seems the risk is that you can in fact get an infection which can

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Very many thanks to Claude Francois at LawAndMore.com for reviewing my book Law and Peace. You can read the review here and extracts are. You can buy the book on amazon. "This funny and highly enjoyable fictional novel follows a young barrister, BabyB, as he navigates his way through potential financial ruin, a complicated love life, difficult cases and an intelligent nemesis out to ruin him.

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A big heads-up for Mark Langworthy of www.mlphotos.co.uk who recently did the photographs for our wedding. We were both so pleased that we chose Mark to record our special day. He had the perfect mix of being both professional and also extremely approachable and friendly. This helped both in explaining beforehand what we wanted and also in how he dealt with everything on the day. We were also

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Very many thanks to Laura at RollOnFriday for reviewing my book Law and Peace. You can read the review here or below. You can buy the book on amazon. "Former barrister Tim Kevan's follow up to last year's Law and Disorder, provides the next instalment  in the life of fictional junior barrister BabyB. Having schemed and plotted his way to tenancy, BabyB discovers that keeping his nose out of

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Thanks to Exmoor The Country Magazine for allowing me to re-publish an article I did for them recently on Surfing in North Devon (below). You can find out more about the excellent magazine here. SURFING IN NORTH DEVON Tim Kevan explains why people paddle out into the sea even in the middle of Winter and goes on to give a guide to North Devon’s main surfing beaches When people think of surfing

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Very many thanks to top American law blog Above the Law for reviewing my new book Law and Peace. You can read the review here or below. You can buy the book at Amazon.co.ukCertainly, the pompous, jargon-laden speech of the Freeman in the video clip is reminiscent of the lawyers in Law & Peace: The BabyBarista Files, a recently-released satirical novel about the British legal profession by former

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Many Thanks to Legal Aware for their review of my book Law and Disorder. You can read the review here or below. You can buy the book at Amazon.co.uk‘In ever-more wicked and devilishly-funny ways, from hacking into someone’s Facebook page to committing identity fraud, BabyB tumbles down the slippery slope from eager competitiveness to underhand racketeering faster than you can say “Objection your

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Very many thanks to Infamy or Praise for reviewing my new book Law and Peace. You can read the review here or below. You can buy the book at Amazon.co.ukA couple of years ago, I reviewed and recommended Tim Kevan's first BabyBarista novel,BabyBarista and the Art of War:This is a book worth reading; it's entertaining and insightful, building upon the best aspects of the much-praised BabyBarista

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There's a great food blog which covers Bristol and the West Country called South West Foodie. It's written by someone with both a passion for food and an ability to pass that on to others in a clear and enjoyable way. It's informative, funny and also a very good guide to what's hot. Restaurants covered include the following in Bristol: The Pump House, The Lido, Flinty Red, Three Coqs Brasserie,

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Very many thanks to RebeccasReads for reviewing my new book Law and Peace. You can read the review here or below. You can buy the book at Amazon.co.ukThe title of this book is a misnomer? With law and lawyers how can peace ever prevail…and more importantly how can lawyers live in a world of peace. I am reminded of the work “Utopia” wherein it is remarked that there are no lawyers in Utopia…for

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Very many thanks to Charon QC for reviewing my new book Law and Peace. You can read the review here or below. You can buy the book at Amazon.co.ukLaw and Peace is a very good read and builds upon the amusement of Tim Kevan’s regular BabyBarista column in The Guardian and the first book BabyBarista and The Art of War.(now renamed Law and Disorder)BabyBarista is populated with wonderful characters

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Very many overdue thanks to VultureCulture at Roll on Friday for reviewing my book Law and Disorder. You can read the review here or below. You can buy the book at Amazon.co.ukTim Kevan has numbered the ranks of the legal bloggers for over three years now. The former barrister pens the musings of a fictional junior barrister, BabyBarrista, who discovers that the bar is stuffed to the brim with

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Very many thanks to Gavin Ward at WardblawG for reviewing my new book Law and Peace. You can read the review here or below. You can buy the book at Amazon.co.ukWith BabyBarista having won the battle for tenancy, one may have thought that he would take things a little easier without resorting to his wayward moral compass, perhaps with fewer dirty tactics capable of destroying careers and,

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For anyone who might be interested, I'll be reading from my two BabyBarista novels and talking about how they came about at the Taunton Literary Festival on 29 September at 11.30am at Queen's College in Taunton. Further details are here.

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For anyone who might be interested, I'll be reading from my two BabyBarista novels and talking about how they came about at the Appledore Book Festival on 29 September from 2-3pm at St Mary's Hall in Appledore. Further details are here.

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