Tag: Barristers

Suspension for barrister convicted of GBH

Also fined £2k

Oct 14 2020 10:45am

‘I’d be shouted at because I left the pub at 10 o’clock rather than 11pm’, says bullied former pupil barrister

New bar study finds rookies ‘particularly vulnerable’ to bullying and harassment

Oct 13 2020 1:07pm

Junior barrister hits back at Boris Johnson’s ‘hamstrung’ justice comment in viral Twitter thread

PM waded into government's 'lefty lawyers' saga yesterday

Oct 7 2020 10:56am

Junior criminal barristers earning less than minimum wage, Bar Council warns

Forced to take second and even third jobs to 'make ends meet'

Oct 2 2020 9:26am

The 2021 Most Lists are live

Your must-read student career resources rank and analyse 100 law firms, 50 chambers and 30 law schools

Oct 1 2020 10:33am

#MyRoutetotheBar: Tweeting barristers share their unconventional career paths

Features advice from a former window cleaner, lifeguard and nightclub DJ

Sep 30 2020 9:10am

Ex-Attorney General Geoffrey Cox joins Withers

Barrister and MP takes legal consultancy role at international law firm, as fellow politician Nicky Morgan rejoins Travers Smith

Sep 28 2020 2:18pm

Bar Council rejects Henry Hendron’s election nomination after filing application one minute late

Controversial barrister says he’s ‘taking the matter to court next week’

Sep 25 2020 2:08pm

Mixed-race junior barrister makes formal complaint after being mistaken for defendant three times in one day

'I don’t expect to have to constantly justify my existence at work', writes Alexandra Wilson

Sep 24 2020 11:33am

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