Tim Kevan is an English writer,

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ger and barrister, responsible for the Baby Barista series of books published by Bloomsbury, and the Baby Barista blog, which for a time was hosted by ''

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'' newspaper. Tim is also the co-founder of Law Brief Publishing and the blog “The Barrister Blog” which has gained popularity among practicing lawyers.

Biography

Tim Kevan was raised in Minehead, Somerset. Educated at

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and then at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was the Chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association (CUCA), he practised as a barrister in London for about ten years, during which time he wrote or co-wrote ten law books. He makes regular appearances on television and radio broadcasts, and lives in

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in North Devon. Kevan is responsible for the Baby Barista blog which, begun anonymously in 2007, was originally hosted by ''

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''. Kevan left ''The Times'' after a paywall was erected in May 2010 and the blog was subsequently hosted by ''The Guardian''. He has also published series of books based on the Baby Barista character.

Reviews

The first Baby Barista book, ''Baby Barista and the Art of War'', was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury in 2009. The book was fairly widely reviewed, most reviews being generally positive. On 6 August 2009 The Times described the book as being "...a cross between '' The Talented Mr Ripley'', Rumpole and ''

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''...The plot burns up the pages and the characters that range within are all highly observed and coloured with Kevan's acerbic wit...Ultimately, the book is a gallop of a read. It is a clever legal romp, a comedy mixed with ruminations about life, liberally peppered with black humour and layered in farce." The book is also known as ‘Law and Disorder: Confessions of a Pupil Barrister’ and covers the good and bad times that trainee barrister goes through during his law

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. It asserts the battle lines that are not only drawn in the courtroom but also with the barristers who are his neighbors during the next year of continual assessment. A second Baby Barista book, titled ''Law and Peace'', was published by Bloomsbury in May 2011.Law and Peace at www.amazon.co.uk
Retrieved October 2010

Bibliography

*''Why Lawyers Should Surf'' (with Dr Michelle Tempest), XPL Publishing (2007) *''Baby Barista and the Art of War'', aka ''Law and Disorder'', Bloomsbury (2009) *''Law and Peace'', Bloomsbury (May 2011)

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