Tag: Barristers

Legal aid reform: Criminal barristers vote overwhelmingly in favour of direct action
No returns from 11 April

Judge Rinder to release thriller based on pupil barrister
TV star tells Legal Cheek new book is 'loosely based on truth'

Meet the aspiring barrister hoping to dismantle barriers and bring disability to the bar
BDABar founder Konstantina Nouka chats to Legal Cheek about her aims for the future

Matrix apologises for putting embargoed judgment on press release
Master of the Rolls calls for 'stricter measures' as elite set sticks ruling across social media in error

Revealed: The chambers with the most supportive barristers 2022
Which sets are like second families?

‘Wigs reek of privilege and exclusion… I cannot see the point of them’, says top QC
Has horsehair had its day?

Barrister fined for calling opposition lawyer a ‘hysterical woman’
Feliks Jerzy Kwiatkowski told disciplinary tribunal that women being more emotional is 'biological fact'

High-flying media lawyer acting for ex-MI6 Trump dossier author disbarred for faking High Court order
Nicola Cain also submitted witness statement for client Christopher Steele without authorisation

Lawyer wellbeing charity LawCare sees spike in stress-related calls
Almost two-thirds of all contacts from trainee and junior lawyers

Pupillage numbers bounce back following Covid dip
BSB report shows leap from pandemic-y 354 in 2020 to 511 in 2021

Virtual hearings starving junior lawyers of advocacy opportunities, warns top judge
Sir Julian Flaux says many find themselves 'limited to being a tile without picture or sound on a Teams screen'

Revealed: The best chambers for quality of work 2022
Legal Cheek’s latest Junior Barrister Survey reveals all

Can lawyers be leaders?
Not so, says Boris -- much to the annoyance of lawyers

One in six young barristers want to quit, new report finds
Workloads and mental health among reasons for ditching the wig and gown

Barrister fails to overturn six-month suspension for sexual comments to mini-pupil
Robert Michael Kearney challenged delay in reporting vulgar remarks

Will working as a magistrate become the next CV must-have for wannabe lawyers?
Government targets 'younger people' as part of new recruitment drive

6 top tips for securing pupillage
Gatehouse Chambers’ Jasmine Murphy shares her advice for aspiring pupils

Revealed: The best chambers for training 2022
The results of Legal Cheek's Junior Barrister Survey are in!

Criminal barristers vote to take action if government does not increase legal aid
'Justice system on its knees', say bar leaders

Why I rejected a magic circle TC offer to pursue a career at the bar
Henderson Chambers’ Beatrice Graham reflects on her career journey while offering advice to aspiring barristers aiming to secure pupillage