Wake Up Call: No Bail for Disgraced Canadian Lawyer Bowie

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• Ontario’s highest court ordered disgraced criminal defense lawyer James Bowie to stay in jail pending an appeal of his conviction for trying to kill an ex-client. Bowie was sentenced to four years in prison. Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Gary Trotter denied Bowie’s bail application primarily in the interest of public safety. (CBC News)
• Junior lawyers at the London office of New York-based Milbank are the city’s hardest working, putting in 13-hour days on average, according ...