Introducing - THE SATURDAY LAW INTERVIEW brought to you by TheLawMap

The Saturday Law Interview is a series of interviews with legal professionals and individuals interested in the process of law and justice. While some of the planned interviews are going to be discussing the serious aspects of the justice system and the perception of the legal profession, others may be slightly more light-hearted and featuring lawyers away from their daily grind!

Photograph by Lawyer N Nyathi

Today's interview features Bulawayo based lawyer Nqobani Nyathi, discussing the Legal Process & Justice in Zimbabwe, the role of the ICC in Africa as well as his thoughts on the perception of the legal profession in his country and beyond. In his spare time Nyathi is also a talented amateur photographer as can be seen by the images in his eclectic gallery.

The first of our interviews featured Dr. Trystan Owain Hughes, discussing the role of compassion when it comes to justice. Future interviews would feature Paul Mullen, who is part of the Glasgow based Criminal Defence team at

Photograph by Lawyer N Nyathi

Livingstone Brown, Barrister and lecturer Camilla Choudhury Khawaja on women and the legal profession, commercial lawyer Barrister Monirul Alam on social justice and safety regulations in the Asian garments industry and Mark Holmes, a CPS lawyer and recently published novelist who had also been written about within the venerable Law Society Gazette.

We have also been in contact with the talented Larkin Cen, a solicitor by day but a genius in the kitchen at all other times! Cen was a finalist of the BBC series Masterchef wowing us with his wonderful culinary expertise and we look forward to talking to him soon.

The week's Twitter highlights had included wonderful interactions with the following from the legal community: