Tag: Barristers
Bragging barristers: Bar Council issues fresh guidance for online etiquette
Just weeks after Michael Wolkind QC was fined over website claims
LGBT moot: BPP Law School snatches victory from 2016 winners Oxford University
The competition was judged by some of the country's leading human rights specialists
‘How Twitter works’ appendix to Katie Hopkins libel judgment was penned by rookie barrister, reveals phone hacking lawyer
But 5RB’s Greg Callus insists viral guide was a team effort as Jack Monroe describes him as “lovely”
Lawyers are turning to botox to hide their emotions and make them look more serious
The new trend has been dubbed 'protox'
International Women’s Day: Lack of confidence deterring women from applying for silk
Barristers urge female seniors to be an inspiration to their juniors
Why has the Bar Standards Board issued new guidance telling barristers to speak clearly and understand the law?
We spoke to the regulator about its new youth court competences handbook
Carmelite cock-up: Chambers ‘incorrectly’ invites aspiring barristers to interview
Exclusive: The set blamed it on Pupillage Gateway problems
Video: Students wow Lady Hale with BPTC rap to Coolio’s ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’
The deputy Supreme Court president said she ‘enjoyed’ it
Barrister gets caught up in a Twitter barny with business consultancy firm
Radio presenter and employment lawyer in social media ruckus
‘Secret Barrister’ lands major book deal achieving every law blogger’s dream
Five publishers bid for the anonymous blogger's first-ever title
Top lawyer slammed for ‘open the Moet’ tweet as government boosts injury compensation cash
Liz Truss altered the way payouts are calculated leaving insurers seething
New Doughty Street silk sticks it to the man with ‘left-wing’ tote bags she made for her fellow barristers
They've gone down very well
Research: Law is more boring than IT
81% of lawyers are bored at work, compared to just 56% of computer whizzes
Barrister who was jailed for conspiracy to supply cocaine removed from profession
Omar Khan handed three-year prison term back in April last year
#GreatLegalBake: Lawyers made a Donald Trump and a Brexit cake
Make baking great again
Lord Neuberger admits being a judge is ‘lonely’ and having your judgments ‘trashed’ by academics is hard to take in confessional speech
More excitingly, he says he’s a supporter of the Oxford comma
A barrister’s wig and gown have been stolen from the RCJ robing room
Lawyer thinks it’s ‘appalling’ there isn’t a lock on the door
Barrister orders Piers Morgan to retract allegation that he is a ‘liar’
Karl Turner, who used to be the Shadow Attorney General, in tense stand-off with TV star, who doesn't seem minded to back down
Devereux Chambers barrister Jolyon Maugham QC takes Uber to court over £20 million unpaid VAT
Just weeks after he launched a pro bono project aimed at holding the government to account
The life of a serious crime QC
From representing footballer John Terry to acting in the Hillsborough Inquests and the Child Sex Abuse Inquiry, there are few dull moments for Serjeants’ Inn’s Chris Daw QC
‘Jekyll and Hyde’ barrister who made his girlfriend call him ‘master’ booted out of profession
Family law specialist handed an 18-month suspended prison sentence last July