Tag: Barristers

Complaints about barristers jump by 30%
But number of disbarments is down, according to new report

Barrister draws criticism on Twitter over claims white people can identify as black
That escalated quickly

Twitter fraudster impersonates top criminal QC in unsophisticated money wiring scam
Internet wrong'un uses image of 2 Bedford Row's Michael Wolkind QC

London chambers set to make history by renaming itself after a woman
Helena Normanton was the first woman to practise at the bar

The Canary goes after legal Twitterati royalty
Barristers Adam Wagner and Jolyon Maugham QC targeted by left-wing news website following comments they made on social media

Bar Council ups Pupillage Gateway application limit from 12 to 20
Centralised system reopens on 28 November

Lincoln’s Inn reveals first images of new advocacy mega-bunker
Multi-million pound redevelopment nears completion

Bar Council slams plan to allow solicitors to qualify as barristers without pupillage
Regulator's proposal could also include law lecturers

Barrister disbarred after claiming Nazi spies were plotting to nuke the Queen during London Olympics
Michael Shrimpton was jailed in 2015 for communicating false information

Defending The Guilty: Lawyers split over new BBC barrister comedy
Series follows the exploits of four tenancy-hungry pupils

Top criminal QC: ‘Let’s give disadvantaged kids role models beyond pop stars and YouTubers’
Chris Daw QC’s social mobility film featured on BBC1’s The One Show goes viral among profession

5 Essex Court launches first junior barrister-run Instagram account
London chambers hopes to demystify the profession

‘Strangely my most memorable case was also in some respects my least enjoyable’
Hardwicke barristers Tom Bell and Emily Betts reflect on their journeys from fresh-faced pupils to rising stars of the bar

Law grad who hopes to become ‘first Romani female barrister in England’ launches crowdfunding appeal to help cover BPTC fees
Brigitta Balogh is looking to raise £1,800 to cover registration costs

LawCatz: New TV chat show aims to demystify the legal world with the help of lawyers
Pilot to air on Sky next month, according to programme’s creator

ULaw appoints ex-Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger as chancellor
He stepped down from the UK's top bench last year

How two years as a county court advocate helped me secure pupillage
Luke Blease appeared in more than 70 courtrooms across the country, including before High Court judges in the Royal Courts of Justice

Barrister who repeated false rape allegation against another lawyer in court robing room has suspension reduced
Following a successful High Court appeal

Film review: The Children Act
'I loved the quiet and careful cameos by those unseen people who make our legal system work', says barrister and writer Sarah Langford

Pupil barrister who believed legal exec qualification allowed him to conduct High Court advocacy is suspended
Full decision now published

BPTC student calls for the immediate introduction of ‘unlimited’ exam resits
Online petition claims the regulator’s recently-announced assessment tweaks are ‘prejudicial’ towards those currently completing the course