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Melissa Coutinho

Melissa Coutinho

Melissa Coutinho is a lawyer for the Government Legal Service An accredited arbitrator, qualified PPM practitioner and a magistrate, she also writes and lectures on medical products and their regulation.

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Combining law with writing

Frank Hinks QC talks to Melissa Coutinho about his dual career as a silk at Serle Court and a prolific writer/illustrator

Since childhood, I wanted to be both a barrister and a writer. 

25 April 2016
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Book review: Love Lose Live

By: Mary Banham-Hall
Publisher: Focus Mediation, February 2016
320pp Paperback: £8.95
ISBN: 9780993517600

22 February 2016
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Theatre review: Shakespeare and the Law

Pairing Shakespeare with the law at a recent PBI/Alliance for Lawyers at Risk fundraising event was a perfect marriage, writes Melissa Coutinho

Middle Temple Hall was a fitting venue for the Peace Brigade International (PBI) UK and the Alliance for Lawyers at Risk event “Shakespeare and the Law” on 16 November 2015. 

01 February 2016
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Regulatory law: a growing area

Legal practitioners from different backgrounds share their experiences of the developing regulatory area with Melissa Countinho

Today there appears to be more regulation than ever before, despite the aims of reducing unnecessary bureaucracy. 

18 December 2015
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The Advocate: Our role in the balance between state and citizen

The 30th Annual Bar Conference, together this year with the Young Bar Conference, took place on 17 October. Counsel reports on the day

23 November 2015
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Blogger profile: Pink Tape

In the second interview in this Counsel series, Melissa Coutinho speaks to family law blogger, Lucy Reed

Lucy Reed is the creator of Pink Tape, a blog started in 2007 which led to her being one of the The Times’ top legal bloggers (March 2011) and was described in The Guardian in May 2011 as “one of the best legal bloggers for style and content”. 

26 October 2015
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60 second interviews

The diversity of the employed Bar

A popular misconception when considering the employed Bar is assuming that roles are either in a solicitor’s firm or in the Government Legal Service or CPS. Dispelling this myth, Melissa Coutinho continues her series of 60 second interviews which demonstrate the diversity of work that employed lawyers undertake

24 August 2015
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Review: British Library’s Magna Carta exhibition

And another thing...

... asked Tony Hancock – “Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you?” From maps and letters to extracts from Hancock’s Half Hour, the British Library’s Magna Carta exhibition has something for everyone. Melissa Coutinho attends a private viewing and sees that it does, in fact, mean a great deal

26 May 2015
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60 second interviews

The diversity of the employed Bar.

A popular misconception when considering the employed Bar is assuming that roles are either in a solicitor’s firm or in the Government Legal Service or CPS. Dispelling this myth, Melissa Coutinho continues her series of 60 second interviews which demonstrate the diversity of work that employed lawyers undertake.

10 February 2015
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60 second interviews

The diversity of the employed Bar.

A popular misconception when considering the employed Bar is assuming that roles are either in a solicitor’s firm or in the Government Legal Service or CPS. To dispel this myth, Melissa Coutinho begins a series of 60 second interviews which demonstrate the diversity of work that employed lawyers undertake.

29 September 2014
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