Tag: Barristers

How my paralegal role acted as the perfect stepping stone to pupillage success
Henderson Chambers’ Harrison Denner shares his top tips

The Secret Barrister accuses Boris Johnson of copying blog about sentencing of London Bridge attacker
'This is weapons grade shithousery', anonymous author complains

Speakers announced for ‘How to make it as a barrister’ next week
Pupils, juniors, QCs and practice managers from leading sets to advise students how they can get to the bar

Ex-Appeal judge reveals she was once rejected by chambers over fear male barristers would ‘make passes’ at her
Tenants' wives wouldn’t like it, Dame Elizabeth Gloster told

London chambers offers aspiring barristers a flavour of life at the bar through new pupillage podcast
Top tips and insights from 4 New Square tenants

Skype hearings require ‘more careful thought’ — regardless of benefit to barristers
'Communicating with someone on a screen just isn’t the same', says Bar Council bigwig Athena Markides

Lawyer killed by loaded shotgun submitted into evidence
Freak accident occurred at a court in South Africa

Fancy eating like a lawyer? Now you can thanks to this new charity cookbook
Nigella Lawson has ordered her copy already

BSB boosts minimum pay for pupil barristers following annual review
£18,866 in London and £16,322 elsewhere -- from 1 January 2020

7 pieces of #BoomerAdvice — law edition
'OK, Boomer' ?

Reprimand for barrister and former UKIP activist who failed to turn up at court
Richard Hendron put an 'ill-prepared second-six pupil' in his place

BPP confirms new bar course will be over £5,000 cheaper than current BPTC
£13,870 in London and £12,620 elsewhere

Barrister banned over indecent images conviction
Leicester Uni law grad jailed for 12 months

Jury duty: reflections of a first year law student
Seeing law applied first-hand is an invaluable experience for aspiring lawyers, says law and history undergrad David Dee

A day in the life of a civil fraud lawyer
Practice area insight from RPC solicitors and Hardwicke barrister

Awkward typo spotted in ‘Thiry-Third Edition’ of contract law bible
Yours for just £565

Olympic bomb hoax barrister banned from legal profession
Michael Shrimpton, who was disbarred in 2018, subject to further regulatory action -- this time by the SRA

City Law School latest to offer two-part bar course following regulatory shake-up
It's much cheaper, too

Lord Keen QC cleared of professional misconduct after firearms conviction
Top Scottish lawyer appeared before a disciplinary tribunal

10 month suspension for barrister who posted ‘offensive’ comments on Facebook
Less than a week after regulator issued fresh guidance on social media etiquette