Tag: Barristers

Lord Keen QC resigns in row over Brexit bill

Will Robert Buckland follow?

Sep 17 2020 9:08am

Crowdfunding wannabe barrister pledges free careers advice in return for donations

Mohamed Hussein Iman needs £15k to start GDL

Sep 16 2020 9:23am

COVID-19: Regulator predicts drop in pupillage numbers

Knock-on effects of pandemic likely felt by students seeking training spots over next two years, according to new BSB impact report

Sep 9 2020 10:27am

Home Office deletes ‘activist’ tweet amid complaints about ‘loudmouthed lawyers’ on social media

Post had been condemned by the department's top civil servant

Aug 28 2020 12:04pm

Bar exams: BSB plans to offer ‘pen and paper’ resits as soon as possible

Regulator will launch 'lessons learned review' of testing issues

Aug 19 2020 7:17am

Former lawyer missed out on pupillage spot because chambers ‘hired a black guy last year’

The incident -- which happened around 30 years ago -- will be familiar to every black person looking for a job in industry, says now-entrepreneur Dawid Konotey-Ahulu

Aug 18 2020 9:17am

BPTC online exam chaos continues into second week

Twitter flooded with fresh reports of bar students being unable to access today's civil litigation assessment

Aug 17 2020 3:39pm

BPTC student ‘forced to defer’ exams over fears she’d have to remove headscarf for male invigilator

BSB says proctoring partner could not guarantee female assessor due to increased demand during pandemic

Aug 14 2020 11:22am

Barristers dish out career wisdom to mark A-Level results day

Exams scrapped in wake of coronavirus mean sixth-formers receive grades based on predictions and schools' past performance

Aug 13 2020 12:58pm

A life of crime

Chris Daw QC on life at the bar, his newly released book and venture into ‘vlawging’

Aug 10 2020 10:30am

Meet the experts who will consider reforming judicial review

Oxford law grad Jordan Briggs profiles the independent panel tasked with looking at potential reform

Aug 4 2020 1:20pm
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Scrap the Supreme Court, argues right-wing think tank

UK’s highest bench is guilty of ‘excessive judicial activism’

Aug 3 2020 1:37pm

Essex Court Chambers barrister calls for Wiley to be stripped of MBE following anti-Semitic rant

Honour should be revoked 'at earliest opportunity', says Jeremy Brier, as grime artist is banned from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

Jul 31 2020 12:26pm

Six top commercial chambers unite to mentor ‘under-represented’ aspiring barristers

Magic circle sets look to tackle bar's ongoing diversity problem

Jul 30 2020 9:12am

BPTC student raises bias and privacy concerns over exam proctoring

BSB says online exams aren't 'discriminatory' but union have come out in support of students wanting to pursue potential legal action

Jul 23 2020 12:12pm

Johnny Depp trial: 10 top advocacy tips we’ve learned so far…

Aspiring barristers should take note, advises Hardwicke's Jasmine Murphy

Jul 20 2020 12:55pm