Tag: Barristers

Chair of Young Barristers’ Committee says she’d still advise students without wealthy parents to go to the criminal Bar

EXCLUSIVE: Young Barristers’ Committee of the Bar Council chair Hannah Kinch has made a robust...

Dec 4 2013 9:53am

Just when you thought national newspaper picture editors couldn’t select a more inappropriate law photo…

They’ve all been at it lately. Last month the Guardian committed the relatively minor offence...

Dec 4 2013 8:59am

The QC who has been hauling in more Twitter followers than the Pope and Stephen Fry

Just five days after Gary Bell QC joined Twitter last month and he had amassed...

Dec 2 2013 8:59am

The 16 finest lawyer Movember tashes

Throughout the month we’ve been keeping track of the moustaches being grown by the nation’s...

Nov 29 2013 9:02am

Bedford Row silks in battle to be the UK’s top/best/leading barrister

How do you compete when your chambers colleague bills himself as the “UK’s Top Barrister”?...

Nov 27 2013 10:20am

Advice: ‘I’m struggling to survive in the arts and yearn to fight the good fight — should I try to become a barrister?’

The other day I received this email from an Oxford University law graduate…

Nov 26 2013 12:50pm

Male barrister hotness by region: an infographic

YourBarristerBoyfriend’s list of the ’21 Hottest Regional Male Barristers’ — released this morning as a...

Nov 26 2013 11:06am

Nottingham barrister Matthew O’Grady triumphs in YourBarristerBoyfriend regional hottie list

Family law barrister Matthew O’Grady (pictured below) of Nottingham’s St Mary’s Chambers has scooped top...

Nov 26 2013 8:37am

How cycling made me a better lawyer

If he knew then what he knows now, ‘Cycling Silk’ Martin Porter QC would have...

Nov 22 2013 12:27pm

BPP offers free LPC to future Bar grads who don’t get pupillage — but excludes its current BPTC students from the deal

Late yesterday afternoon an interesting tweet appeared… Exciting news! BPP BPTC Career Guarantee- if you...

Nov 22 2013 8:19am

BPP offers free LPC to future Bar grads who don’t get pupillage — but excludes its current BPTC students from the deal

Late yesterday afternoon an interesting tweet appeared… Exciting news! BPP BPTC Career Guarantee- if you...

Nov 22 2013 8:19am

Black belt barrister promotes mixed civil practice through martial arts home video

A barrister uses Tae Kwon Do to demonstrate her toughness

Nov 21 2013 9:14am

‘Nobody in their right mind would advise a son or daughter to become a criminal barrister,’ says top judge

A retiring High Court judge has spoken of his despair at the state of the...

Nov 20 2013 10:08am

May the day never come that a lawyer is forced to sing this G4S company rock song

Did you know that the global security company which lawyers fear could land a legal...

Nov 20 2013 9:11am

5 types of lawyer who are destroying the legal profession

WaitroseLaw identifies her least favourite legal personality types — and offers tips on how to...

Nov 19 2013 12:13pm

Daily Mail readers’ hatred of criminal barristers — explored

A journey below the line of the recent Daily Mail article about a possible strike...

Nov 19 2013 9:12am

Note to Guardian sub-editors: wrong procedure rules

Without wishing to appear pedantic…

Nov 18 2013 1:50pm

This virtual tour of the Inns of Court is pretty cool

To brighten up your Monday morning, why not fly like an eagle around the Inns...

Nov 18 2013 9:36am

‘I applied to every firm in my home town for a training contract and they all rejected me without interview’

Rejection has proved a source of motivation for BPP chief Carl Lygo on his journey...

Nov 15 2013 10:40am

Preliminary hearing takes place in a Magistrates Court car park with accused sitting in a taxi

On Tuesday, in what is believed to be a legal first, an entire Magistrates’ Court —...

Nov 14 2013 8:42am