Tag: Barristers

Shami Chakrabarti hotly tipped to become next shadow attorney general

Doughty Street's Keir Starmer also expected to join Corbyn's cabinet

Sep 29 2016 10:39am

‘Beyond farcical’: Lawyers in shock as top Matrix Chambers barrister suspended from child sex abuse inquiry

Apparently Ben Emmerson QC only found out when he read about it on the internet

Sep 29 2016 10:17am

Language of the legal directory decoded: the 2016 edition

The venerable Wigapedia returns to make his annual translation of the Legal 500

Sep 28 2016 1:35pm

Revealed: Nearly 60% of rookie barristers did their undergraduate degree at Oxbridge

The 2016-17 Chambers Most List – released today – makes for sobering reading for wannabe lawyers at lesser unis

Sep 28 2016 11:38am

Wheelie suitcases aplenty as BPTC courses get underway

Look at the size of that one!

Sep 27 2016 1:43pm

U wot m8? BSB reminds newbie barristers to use correct ‘grammar, spelling and punctuation’

Regulator's revised professional statement released yesterday

Sep 22 2016 12:56pm

Amal Clooney teams up with Boris Johnson to launch anti-Islamic State campaign

Human rights lawyer and Foreign Secretary form unlikely duo in fight against terrorism

Sep 19 2016 1:10pm

Tributes continue to flood in for hit and run barrister killed as he left Law Rocks battle-of-the-bands concert

David Batcup described as “charming” and “utterly courteous” by his peers

Sep 16 2016 10:13am

High Court judge uses emojis to help children understand family law judgment

Mr Justice Peter Jackson also used simple language

Sep 15 2016 11:06am

New pass mark for aspiring barrister’s test is waved through by LSB

Controversial entry exam onto BPTC should be harder to pass

Sep 8 2016 2:01pm

Predictive coding: What it means for junior lawyers

Hardwicke barrister Michael Wheater demystifies the much talked-about artificial intelligence process that is set to sweep the legal profession

Sep 8 2016 1:21pm

Revealed: Lawyers are the most right-swiped profession in the UK

Tinder dates all round in firms and chambers

Sep 8 2016 12:13pm

BPP to give wannabe barristers ‘corporate training’

BPTC becomes more LPC-like, with added commercial awareness

Sep 7 2016 9:09am

Jogee: Killer at the centre of joint enterprise law overhaul found GUILTY of manslaughter

But not guilty of his original conviction for murder

Sep 5 2016 3:28pm

Top QC relaunches refugee billable hour appeal which saw lawyers donate over £200,000 last year

Legal professions' charity campaign returns for a second year

Sep 1 2016 10:43am

New Holborn-based property development targets ‘London’s top-flight barristers and solicitors’

They might struggle to find a lawyer willing to hand over £2.8 million

Aug 31 2016 1:48pm

Legal Cheek talks… the bar and beyond

Katie King and Tom Connelly chat about barrister turned personal trainer Eloise Le Santo and all things Judge Rinder

Aug 26 2016 4:10pm