He helped start an undercover sting that led to the convictions of judges, lawyers and sheriffs. He also worked on other high-profile cases as a defense lawyer.
Law is one of the last bastions of anti-innovation and must learn to confront digital efficiency
Olga Beck-Friis is co-founder of PocketLaw
Supreme Court judges arrive at Westminster Abbey for the beginning of the legal year which since the middle ages has been marked with a procession of judges from Temple Bar to Westminster Abbey for a religious service. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)
Members of the legal profession have an unfortunate reputation. On-screen depictions of lawyers give us a sense of society’s perception towards them; from the impossibly stern Julius Hoffman in Netflix’s
Trial of the Chicago 7, to Judge Rinder’s performative reality TV court cases, lawyers in popular culture get a bad rap. A reason why the law is so often maligned is that it’s accused of being archaic – a modern pillar of society that continues to live in the past. This is true. But there is no reason why it can’t change.
Don t show me this message again✕ The Ballad of Buster Scruggs , Annihilation , Dolemite Is My Name and Gerald s Game are among the best original films to watch on Netflix (Netflix)
H
aving established itself as a power-house of binge TV, Netflix has more recently turned its attention to movies.
But with dozens of Netflix original films to chose from, how to sort the gold from the feature-length dross?
To help you make sense of the service’s mind-boggling viewing options here’s a countdown of the best original movies available to stream on Netflix UK.
We may earn commission from some of the links in this article, but we never allow this to influence our content.
Oscarona: Sunday’s winners reflect our fractious times April 28, 2021, 8:10 PM IST
Bachi Karkaria s Erratica and its cheeky sign-off character, Alec Smart, have had a growing league of followers since 1994 when the column began in the Metropolis on Saturday. It now appears on the Edit Page of the Times of India, every Thursday. It takes a sly dig at whatever has inflated political/celebrity egos, and got public knickers in a twist that week. It makes you chuckle, think and marvel at the elasticity of the English language. Bachi Karkaria also writes Giving Gyan in the Mumbai Mirror, and its fellow publications in other cities. It is a shooting-from-the-lip advice column to the lovelorn and otherwise torn, telling them to stop cribbing and start living all in her her branded pithy, witty style. LESS. MORE
Unmissable: Peter Hain reviews The Trial of the Chicago 7 politicshome.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from politicshome.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.