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Graham Ogilvy reviews a new book on Dorothy Parker's time in Hollywood. Dorothy Parker was celebrated in her time as a poet, a critic and a writer. Above all, she is cherished today for her acerbic wit. But she is less well-known for her Hollywood screenwriting career which spanned three tumultuous

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Dear Editor, Following Monday's general meeting of The Bar of Ireland in Dublin, colleagues asked if I would run in the forthcoming Bar Council elections. I was flattered but not convinced.

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The nature of the law means that major modifications to the status quo come rarely and after long consideration. But while the wheel turns slowly, it’s hard to stop once in motion.  So, when October last year saw the introduction of new legal partnerships — which enable barristers a

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Today's Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Its theme is “For a Better Future”, in support of which it has been requested that people raise awareness of those murdered. This article focuses on raising

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The recent death of Paddy Hill, one of the Birmingham 6, reminds us of a time when police interrogation was physically, mentally and emotionally coercive, confession-focused and often tunnel-visioned. Other cases involving false confessions, improper convictions and miscarriages of justice from the

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