Includes bibliographical references.

COMBAR history / Sir David Steel -- The origins of the British in Virginia / Sir Anthony Colman -- A new life in the new world / Sir David Steel -- Bygone days / Seven Rosenfeld -- The abuse of power / Sir Stephen Sedley -- The North American meetings : a canadian perspective / Bryan Finlay, QC -- Advocacy in the commericial court / The Hon Mr Justice Teare -- The somewhat uncommon law of commerce / The Honourable the Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon -- Advocacy : what works and what doesn't / Lord Justice Vos -- A brief account of the origins and development of the commercial court and the challenges it faces at this point in its history / Sir Richard Field -- Deference or difference? The relationship between english and international courts and tribunals / Professor James Crawford -- COMBAR : a temple bar scholar's perspective / Kannon K Shanmugam.