Tag: Barristers

Barristers at centre of Brexit Supreme Court battle in sweary social media c-word spat

Things hot up as Article 50 showdown draws ever closer

Nov 29 2016 1:04pm

Bar Council charges students £24 a year to ‘feel closer to the action’

Wannabe barristers can help support key initiatives such as making the "profession more accessible"

Nov 29 2016 8:58am

Lawyers round on Birmingham City maths lecturer’s suggestion Supreme Court judges should be elected

He thinks it could improve diversity, lawyers think it’s a naff idea

Nov 24 2016 12:14pm

‘Mannequin Challenge’: London barristers embrace latest social media trend

You’ve basically got to stand really still

Nov 21 2016 10:30am

Gove: make it harder to get onto the BPTC

Possible pro bono "levy" on City firms also gets a mention

Nov 17 2016 11:40am

The barrister custom of refusing to shake hands is still a thing

It can make social interactions rather awkward

Nov 16 2016 1:51pm

UK’s first ethnic minority judge dies aged 86

He wore a turban instead of a horsehair wig

Nov 14 2016 10:31am

Is it ‘judgment’ or ‘judgement’?

Row breaks out as two former Lord Chancellors keep the ‘e’

Nov 11 2016 12:11pm

International law: an insight into life on the road

Is it as glamorous as it sounds? We spoke to Hardwicke barrister Frederico Singarajah to find out

Nov 10 2016 2:03pm

BPTC and pupillage could be rolled into one under new proposals

New route to qualification "needs to be more flexible and affordable", BSB tells Legal Cheek

Nov 7 2016 12:40pm

This barrister’s profile is our new favourite thing

"Hang on, she’s seen a few summers!"

Nov 4 2016 12:18pm

The reaction to the Brexit legal challenge judgment has been crazy

Tension between lawyers and tabloids reaches fever pitch

Nov 4 2016 10:59am

Brexit legal challenge: Claimants victorious in most important constitutional law case for a generation

Leapfrog appeal hangs in the balance as judges put significant roadblock in Article 50's way

Nov 3 2016 10:33am

BPP launches advocacy competition to give wannabe BPTC students a taste of life at the bar

Those who impress could receive a barrister training scholarship

Nov 2 2016 9:49am

Supreme Court to hear ‘landmark’ abortion case today

Legal dream team assembled to argue Northern Irish women’s right to travel to England for free terminations

Nov 2 2016 8:57am

Bar Council switches pupillage offer day after date clash blunder

Bar hopeful D-day now 3 May 2017

Oct 31 2016 1:10pm

Barrister who posted anti-Semitic tweets booted out of profession

Social media posts referenced Jews, pro-Zionists, Muslims and chavs

Oct 28 2016 1:07pm

Twitter goes quiet as BBC reports ‘categorically denied’ allegation against top QC

Usually chatty legal Twitterati eerily silent

Oct 28 2016 11:43am

Lawyers react to ‘deeply concerning’ draft law that would keep alleged rapists in the dark about who accused them

One said this nonsense wasn’t doing his blood pressure any good

Oct 27 2016 11:10am