Tag: Barristers

'Utterly detached from the reality', wrote one barrister on Twitter, as crumbling courts and case backlogs continue to blight justice system

Overall BSB findings show reports are on the rise

Steve Reed replaces David Lammy who is promoted to shadow foreign sec

Reduced to 10 years

Which legal stereotype are you?

The Defenders airs from spring

Dominic Raab’s decision to send pre-recorded bar conference message (rather than attending in-person) has apparently not gone down well with lawyers

Huge trans rights row divides the bar

'There is a need to tone down your blackness' during interviews, one junior barrister told researchers

Handed suspended sentence earlier this year

BSB mulls ditching entry exam after report found fewer than 1% of wannabe barristers fail to pass it

Lady Hale unveiled the historical marker

Prime Minister's 'frivolous speech' ignored 'serious issues' in justice system, says blogging barrister Matthew Scott

New edition features over 50 sets -- each with a Legal Cheek View and Scorecard

BTC student Natasha Kirkpatrick reflects on her own personal challenges ahead of the launch of bar mental health support network BLEMI

Number of applicants chasing each pupillage spot 'steadily increasing' every year

Joint heads of Gatehouse Chambers, Brie Stevens-Hoare QC and PJ Kirby QC, invited Legal Cheek’s Phoebe Mather for an exclusive tour of the set’s new home and to discuss its recent rebranding

You've got to be in it to win it 🤑

Jacqueline Mitchell handed formal warning for 'ill judged' tweet

Unwritten rule touches a nerve

Targets bar hopefuls seeking to specialise in planning, property and public law