Other articles

Tim Kevan has written numerous other articles on surfing, politics and law in publications such as The Times, Times Online, Devon Life, Surfers Path, Drift Magazine, Real Travel Magazine, ConservativeHome, New Law Journal, Solicitors' Journal, Counsel Magazine, Cricket World and Sports Law Administration and Practice. The following is a selection of the more recent articles. For details of his books, click here. See also The Barrister Blog.

Surfing

Extracts from 'Why Lawyers Should Surf' (co-author, Dr Michelle Tempest)
A number of extracts from the book

Stand Up Paddle Surfing with Dave Kalama, The Times Online, 6 December 2007
Interview with Hawaiian waterman Dave Kalama

Book review: A Shortcut to Longboarding, Drift Magazine, Issue 4, December 2007
Book review of 'A Shortcut to Longboarding' by Lee Ryan

Book review: Stealing the Wave, Drift Magazine, Issue 3, August 2007
Book review of 'Stealing the Wave' by Andy Martin

Surf the World, Real Travel Magazine, July 2007
Article on surf spots around the world

Book review: Riding the Magic Carpet, Drift Magazine, Issue 2, March 2007
Book review of 'Riding the Magic Carpet' by Tom Anderson

Book review: Stealing the Wave, Real Travel Magazine, March 2007
Book review of 'Stealing the Wave' by Andy Martin

'Riding the Magic Carpet', Surfers' Path, December 2006 (issue 58)
Book review of 'Riding the Magic Carpet' by Tom Anderson

'Riding the Free Market', The Times Online, 29 November 2006
Article about Tim Heyland of Tiki Surf, Adam Smith, free markets and big wave riding

Surfing the Hebrides, The Times Online, 30 October 2006
Article on surfing in the Outer Hebrides

Politics

The Stealth Dictator, Ghost Cabinet Blog, 13 June 2007
Article on Gordon Brown and democracy

Gordon Brown, the NHS and the Democratic Deficit, ConservativeHome.com, 10 October 2006
Article on an independent NHS and quangoes generally

Localism in the NHS, The Future of the NHS (xpl Publishing, June, 2006)
Chapter on localism in the NHS (with Daniel Hannan MEP)

Redressing the Compensation Culture, The Future of the NHS (xpl Publishing, June, 2006)
Chapter on the Compensation and NHS Redress Bills

Localism in the NHS, ConservativeHome.com, 28 June 2006
Article on democracy in the NHS (with Daniel Hannan MEP)

The Future of the NHS

Contributor to two chapters in this book edited by Dr Michelle Tempest. Click here for more information. Click on the links below to read the chapters in full.

Localism in the NHS: Reducing the Democratic Deficit (co-written with Daniel Hannan MEP)

Redressing the compensation culture

The Barrister Blog

Legal Week, 8/1/2007: "With its thousands-strong cast of colourful characters, there is no shortage of distinctive voices at the Bar...One of the more unique voices [sic] is that of One Temple Gardens personal injury specialist and chronicler of our times Tim Kevan, prolific author and mastermind behind The Barrister Blog...Kevan's online journal offers an unlikely but strangely captivating blend of legal analysis and quasi-philosophical musings on his other great passion...surfing."

ITV Local, 27/8/2008: "Everybody wants to live the dream - but very few of us actually achieve it...Not so Tim Kevan, who at...36...moved to North Devon to surf, and got a book deal with Bloomsbury. Nice work! Tim Kevan, we...salute you as Meridian Blog Pillar of the Community!"

Law

The Law on Penalty Charges, Bar Council Blog, 3 July 2007
Article on the law in relation to bank penalty charges (with Anthony Johnson)

Why Lawyers Are In Danger, Bar Council Blog, 2 May 2007
Article on lawyers and stress (with Aidan Ellis)

Blogs As Free Speech, Bar Council Blog, 24 April 2007
Article on blog codes of conduct (with Aidan Ellis)

Carbon Footprints, Bar Council Blog, 19 April 2007
Article on lawyers and the environment (with Aidan Ellis)

OnLine Footprints, Bar Council Blog, 12 April 2007
Article on the dangers of online footprints (with Aidan Ellis)

Welcome to Chambers, The Times Online, 23 January 2007
Article about barristers' chambers

Barristers' clerks: master or servant? The Times, 9 January 2007
Article about barristers' senior clerks

'Hate Laws Under Scrutiny', New Law Journal, 8 December 2006
Article about BNP trial, history of race hate laws and Racial and Religious Hatred Act

'Corfu Case Exposes Fatal Flaws', Solicitors' Journal, 8 December 2006
Article about Corfu hotel deaths, Corporate Manslaughter Bill and fatal accident awards

Time to end the syrup and figs, The Times, 31 October 2006
Article arguing that wigs should be taken out of the court process

Cleaning up football, The Times, 26 September 2006
Article on football bungs and the law (similar article also published in same week in Solicitors' Journal)