Barristers on the Northern Circuit are marking Black History Month by supporting a historic play at St George’s Hall in Liverpool.
Just An Ordinary Lawyer is a full-length play by actor, singer and playwright Tayo Aluko.
The play, which has been performed in five countries, focuses on the life and times of Tunji Sowande, who arrived in the UK from Nigeria in 1945 and rose to become a well-respected barrister, the first black Head of Chambers and the first (part-time) black judge in Britain.  Tunji was also an active solo concert performer as a baritone singer, giving concerts for charities and to entertain residents of old people’s homes. On top of it all, he was a great lover of sports, particularly cricket, proudly becoming a member of the exclusive Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), known a...