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Where The Hell Is Tuvalu?: How I became the law man of the world's fourth-smallest country | Philip Ells

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How does a young City lawyer end up as the People's Lawyer of the fourth-smallest country in the world, 18,000 kilometres from home? We've all thought about getting off the treadmill, turning life on its head and doing something worthwhile. Philip Ells dreamed of turquoise seas, sandy beaches and palm trees, and he found these in the tiny Pacific island state of Tuvalu. But neither his Voluntary Service Overseas briefing pack nor his legal training could prepare him for what happened there. He learned to deal with rapes, murders, incest, the unforgivable crime of pig theft and to look a shark in the eye. But he never dared ask the octogenarian Tuvaluan chief why he sat immobilised by a massive rock permanently resting on his groin.Well, you wouldn't, would you? This is the story of a UK lawyer colliding with a Pacific island culture. The fallout is moving, dramatic, bewildering and often hilarious.

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Where The Hell Is Tuvalu?: How I became the law man of the world's fourth-smallest country | Philip Ells

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#ReadingOceania2024 #Tuvalu Although another “palagi‘s” (outsider‘s) POV, unlike Troost, Ells worked in Tuvalu. As the People‘s lawyer or public defender he had real inside knowledge of at least how customs and the law interacted and has very interesting stories of crime on the islands. As the country is very small, everyone knows everyone else‘s business which definitely impacts legal proceedings. Plus he knew Prime Ministers and Presidents

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Librarybelle Good find! 3w

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