Tag: Barristers

Double trouble: Lawyer struck off by SRA has now been disbarred as well

He was a barrister, solicitor and lecturer at Aberystwyth University -- now he's none of these

Feb 17 2017 1:15pm

Research: Average barrister earnings equate to £60,000 salary

Bar Council claims overheads account for 'half of a barrister’s turnover'

Feb 17 2017 9:14am

Barristers struggle to suppress anger at Liz Truss’s silk day speech

Exclusive: Lord Chancellor’s speech was badly judged and has not gone down well with new QCs

Feb 16 2017 12:00pm

11 reasons why you should date a lawyer

We know you want to

Feb 14 2017 8:56am

Posh cars (and even a horse-drawn carriage) descend on Westminster as barristers celebrate new silk status

And there were plenty of full bottomed wigs and silver buckled shoes too

Feb 13 2017 1:44pm

BPTC student uses skills she’s learnt on bar course to challenge government’s decision to strip her dad of his benefits

Anita Dowman admits she ‘wouldn’t have had a clue’ how to bring the case without her law studies

Feb 13 2017 9:06am

The true state of the BPTC, from someone who has recently gone through it

A Legal Cheek commenter shares their story

Feb 9 2017 9:06am

Solicitor who stalked barrister hubby’s ex-lover fined £1,000 by regulator

London-based property law specialist now subject to a year-long restraining order and curfew

Feb 8 2017 5:01pm

There is a new ‘UK’s top criminal barrister’

Jeremy Dein QC seizes throne as Wolkind's crown slips

Feb 8 2017 9:49am

A good day at work? Not likely if you’re a lawyer

It's not just Trump and Brexit which are getting us down

Feb 8 2017 9:03am

We spoke to Baroness Helena Kennedy QC about Brexit

She chairs the House of Lords’ EU Justice committee, and she thinks we’re living through “an ugly period”

Feb 2 2017 10:11am

‘UK’s top barrister’ fined by Bar Standards Board over website boasts

But legendary topcriminalqc.co.uk site lives on

Feb 1 2017 11:43am

Over 500 barristers sign open letter to BSB chairman attacking training reform proposals

Regulator's consultation into future bar training closed yesterday

Feb 1 2017 8:50am

Lord Harley to take strike-off decision to Court of Appeal

He's appealing on Equality Act grounds

Jan 31 2017 11:10am

Beware the bursting of law’s artificial intelligence bubble

Legal tech is a long story of incremental change, not revolution

Jan 31 2017 9:29am

It will be 2067 before half of QCs are women, BSB says

Disappointing new diversity stats reveal that gender equality at the bar 'remains an issue'

Jan 30 2017 9:13am