Tag: Barristers
How three successful lawyers developed their soft skills
Hardwicke’s Brie Stevens-Hoare QC, Herbert Smith Freehills’ Sid Shukla and Axiom’s Atik Ahmed share their experiences
Ministry of Justice accused of lying over ‘explosive’ criminal courts report
As MPs vote against reversing legal aid changes
Top tax QC sparks Twitter spat with criminal barristers, academics and more after writing controversial article about rape trials
Jo Maugham QC holds his ground despite social media flak for use of stats, 'non-expert' opinion and apparent decision to 'block' barrister
Legal aid row: ‘Go back to the drawing board’, Labour tells government ahead of today’s Commons debate
Over 100 chambers now refusing to take on new legal aid cases
Review: Classic courtroom drama played out on stage – it will make you want to become a criminal lawyer
But Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution grandeur is a world away from the realities of the criminal justice system
100 chambers now refusing new work in legal aid cuts protest
Executive Committee met this week and considered recommending escalation of the action
New comedy about pupil barristers fighting over tenancy to hit BBC screens
Actors from Black Mirror, The IT Crowd and Game of Thrones star
Barrister fired from London firm after exchanging sex contracts with colleague and spanking her on partner’s desk takes ex-employer to tribunal
Cambridge grad claims unfair dismissal
Legal aid row: ‘Sit down and talk with us’, top QCs tell government
Nearly 100 chambers are now refusing to take new publicly-funded cases
BSB asks chambers to provide details on how they pick their pupils
Regulator keen to identify potential 'unjustified' barriers to the bar
‘Ministry of Injustice’: Lawyers hold candlelight vigil over legal aid cuts
Barristers have been refusing to take new publicly-funded cases since 1 April
‘Chambers will need to ensure pupils are prepared for the digital age’
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s The Future of Legal Education and Training Conference on 23 May, Charles Raffin, a commercial barrister at Hardwicke, explores how chambers will be training their rookies in light of the new tech wave
One to watch: Pupil barrister racks up hundreds of followers just days after launching anonymous Twitter account
Secret lawyer community grows
Criminal bar remains resolute as over 90 chambers back direct action over legal aid cuts
Barristers have been refusing to take new publicly-funded cases since April 1
Incredible BPTC handbook advises students to wear ‘double breasted’ jackets in their advocacy exam — and says they’ll be marked down for wearing ‘kinky boots’
Points also deducted for drinking from water bottles
Porsche driver who killed top criminal barrister as he left Law Rocks gig jailed for one year
David Batcup was a tenant at Charter Chambers
Event: You’ve qualified — now where next?
Legal Cheek junior lawyer soft skills workshop and social, with Axiom, Hardwicke and Herbert Smith Freehills
Expect ‘chaos’ to follow criminal barristers’ legal aid protest
Cases adjourned and judges sitting in empty courts -- but if barristers don't walk out 'the justice system will never recover'
‘The system is desperate, as are we’: Criminal barristers to REFUSE new work in protest to legal aid cuts
Decision taken with ‘heavy hearts’