Rumpole and client self-determination.

Leo McKern as the titular character in
the TV series Rumpole of the Bailey

In St. Mary's Journal on Legal Practice & Ethics, Thomas Bulleit—a former partner in the law firm Ropes & Gray—looks at the role of client self-determination and the ways that this may conflict with the barrister's aims in John Mortimer's Rumpole of the Bailey short stories. (hat tip to Law & Humanities blog)

Mortimer, du Maurier, Christie this week on BBC Radio 7.

This week on BBC Radio 7: The late John Mortimer reads from his memoir Where There's a Will, along with episodes of Rumpole of the Bailey with Maurice Denham; Daphne du Maurier's "The Blue Lenses" and The House on the Strand; and assorted Agatha Christie tales. Go here for the schedule or to listen.