Ray Holt launders money for a Manchester criminal gang. He is also stealing from them – and has talked himself into believing that makes him the hero.When discovery becomes inevitable, Holt's solution is Knott: a hitman found via a business card on a pub toilet floor, professional in the way that a blunt instrument is professional, and not entirely sane.What follows is a darkly comic, pitilessly plotted thriller about a man who believes he is one smart move ahead of everyon...

Questions & Answers in Advocacy is an SQE2 revision guide, helping you to prepare for the SQE2 Advocacy assessment by practising questions in the style of actual SQE2 assessments. It shows how you will be assessed at SQE2, and contains eight questions with answers across civil and criminal settings. Each question is followed by two answers: one likely to satisfy the assessment criteria, and one that does not. You will be able to have a go at answering each question for yourself, a...

'Good fences make good neighbours, but what about bad ones?'The Israeli separation barrier is probably the most iconic divider of land since the Berlin Wall. It has been declared illegal under international law and its impact on life in the West Bank has been enormous.Mark Thomas - as only he could - decided the only way to really get to grips with this huge divide was to use the barrier as a route map, to 'walk the wall', covering the entire distance with little more in hi...

The concept of the 'internal consultant' is now gaining considerable ground as managers in support functions seek to redefine their role and effectiveness. The emphasis that it places on moving from a 'colleague' to a 'client' perspective within the business can bring major benefits to both adviser and organisation. This key text provides a practical understanding of the skills required to become a high-performance internal consultant, whatever your own area of expertise.

A revised new version of the WJEC/Eduqas Computer Science student book, specifically written for AS Level. This student book helps student build their knowledge and master underlying computing principles and concepts, and develops computational thinking, programming and problem-solving skills.

Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the NHS, award-winning comedian and activist Mark Thomas takes a look at our NHS, what state it's in, where it's going, and what we need to do to keep it.To create this show Mark Thomas conducted a series of public interviews with academics and practitioners, he spent a month in residency at the Imperial Healthcare Trust, and he spoke to a retired doctor about what could go wrong with his own health over the coming years.T...

Up to date for the 2023 SQE1 specification, this book will guide you through the core legal principles and rules to be tested by the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE1) Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK) assessment in criminal law. It will help you revise the fundamental principles and test your knowledge throughout by the use of SQE-style multiple-choice (single best answer) questions, as well as with practical examples of the application of the law. Case law and legi...

Revise SQE Ethics and Professional Conduct provides an overview of the pervasive knowledge, skills and behaviours expected of a solicitor in practice, and will guide readers through the key rules and responsibilities by use of practice examples and experience-based scenarios. Candidates for SQE1 must be able to demonstrate their ability to act honestly and with integrity and the book sets out what this means and models behaviours. Ethics and professional conduct is assessed pervasively acr...

Revise SQE Criminal Practice provides readers with the core legal principles and rules to be tested by the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE1) Functioning Legal Knowledge assessment. It covers the fundamental rules relating to criminal practice from the commission of the criminal offence, through to the investigation and charge of the offence, and the trial process. In particular, the text considers the law, procedure and processes involved in advising a client at the police station, ...

This book will guide you through the core legal principles and rules to be tested by the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE1) Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK) assessment in criminal law. It will help you revise the fundamental principles and test your knowledge throughout by the use of SQE-style multiple-choice (single best answer) questions, as well as with practical examples of the application of the law. Case law and legislation will be provided where necessary, with the text focus...

This book will guide you through the core legal principles and rules to be tested by the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE1) Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK) assessment in criminal law. It will help you revise the fundamental principles and test your knowledge throughout by the use of SQE-style multiple-choice (single best answer) questions, as well as with practical examples of the application of the law. Case law and legislation will be provided where necessary, with the text focus...

Revise SQE Ethics and Professional Conduct provides an overview of the pervasive knowledge, skills and behaviours expected of a solicitor in practice, and will guide readers through the key rules and responsibilities by use of practice examples and experience-based scenarios. Candidates for SQE1 must be able to demonstrate their ability to act honestly and with integrity and the book sets out what this means and models behaviours. Ethics and professional conduct is assessed pervasively acr...