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City Solicitor (Print) ISSN 2399-5009
City Solicitor (Online) ISSN 2399-5017
WINTER 2023
#122 THE SPOTLIGHT ISSUE
THE MAGAZINE OF THE CITY OF LONDON SOLICITORS’ COMPANY AND THE CITY OF LONDON LAW SOCIETY
“ You’re not only the spotlight in which you perform,
but the shadows where you practise.”
DEBBY RYAN
Artwork by Salome Coker.
© no right to reproduce.
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The City of London Solicitors’ Company Court of A
CONTENTS 6 NEWS AND VIEWS City Solicitor needs y
5 editor’s letter AS ANOTHER YEAR DRAWS TO A
NEWS AND VIEWS What ou
7 In the movie of our world, there are the good
“The feeling is that the charities should not h
Pro Bono is now so established that it is even a
“To be given the opportunity to help people throu
“We have had a Pro Bono programme for over 20 yea
12 NUTRITION FOR THE HEART Since 2001, the UK ha
actually means, of the value of review, of quanti
14 TO TWEET OR NOT TO TWEET? That is th
Unfortunately for the majority of our profession,
lawyers to write in plain comprehensible English
“There is nothing more dull than not having an op
others considering becoming an apprentice and tho
19 MJBQC, A LIFE WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE LAW – MI
20 WORD FROM THE CHAIR – A YEAR IN REVIEW Colin P
A MAN FOR ALL REASONS Recently, ‘hot-priest’ thes
For any of you who may not have heard of Patrick
Another of Patrick’s ‘babies’, the Social Welfare
24 THE ART OF BEING A LAWYER L
Salome Coker is a solicitor. Salome Coker is an a
internally. Currently she is working on a project
CARS 27
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The very best of the very best The wines of Burg
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long and conducted by vineyard volunteers who rea
NEWS
Sir Thomas’s other qualities had been overlooked
LAST WORD
Albert Speer did not become a Court favourite by
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