Tag: Barristers

Advocacy charity launches Teach First for wannabe lawyers

Brand new grad scheme launched for barrister hopefuls

May 17 2016 9:22am

‘I will no longer support your Chambers’: Top judge’s incredible letter to elite set Blackstone emerges in bias row

The full letter by Mr Justice Peter Smith revealed, as he is barred from hearing Blackstone barristers' cases

May 17 2016 8:07am

Junior barrister who supplied drugs that killed teenage boyfriend accepts his legal career is over

Last week Strand Chambers’ Henry Hendron was sentenced to 140 hours of unpaid work and an 18-month supervision order

May 16 2016 2:22pm

Law groups unify to create mental health taskforce

The move comes as research earlier this year revealed more than a third of calls to charity helpline were from stressed-out junior lawyers

May 16 2016 11:08am

Capital’s lawyers limber up for London Legal Walk

All the legal celebs will be there

May 16 2016 8:57am

Liverpool anger as Hillsborough QC is nominated for ‘Barrister of the Year’

John Beggs QC targeted in local press and on social media

May 13 2016 4:05pm

Cambridge academic rounds on Charlotte Proudman for writing same article ‘over and over again’

Lawyers aren’t very happy with latest piece from the LinkedIn row barrister

May 13 2016 10:43am

BPP Law School loses BPTC ethics exam papers during marking process

Exclusive: Wannabe barristers at London's Holborn branch could have to re-do the exam in August

May 13 2016 9:50am

Would you be sent home from a law firm for refusing to wear high heels?

Female lawyers’ need to look the part -- a pressure that won’t go away

May 12 2016 5:14pm

Vladimir Putin is poster boy for satirical anti-UK Snoopers’ Charter campaign

Russian President is joined by political leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping appearing to endorse controversial bill

May 12 2016 12:38pm

BPTC satisfaction survey results: student happiness surprisingly unrelated to chances of pupillage success

Bar course experience better in the regions -- even if life afterwards often isn't

May 12 2016 9:06am

Courtroom ‘selfie’ taker who uploaded group snap on Facebook slapped with £190 fine

The illegal photograph also captured the magistrates' legal adviser in the background

May 11 2016 1:55pm

Mayoral Result: Lawyers 1; Old Etonians 0

Sadiq Khan nicks a goal back for the profession in centuries old battle with the privileged as to who should run country

May 10 2016 2:27pm

‘Delicate Oxford flower’ takes down top criminal barrister

Second year Oxford University law student details flaws in 30 years and counting barrister’s argument and signs off with a kiss

May 10 2016 12:38pm

We should dance ‘crotch to crotch’: UKIP barrister fined £1,800 for inappropriate behaviour towards THREE women at chambers summer party

Ex-Zenith Chambers barrister poked one female in the breast area of her chest and attempted to kiss another

May 9 2016 12:55pm

Junior barrister who admitted supplying drugs that killed teenage boyfriend sentenced to 140 hours unpaid work

Strand Chambers’ Henry Hendron avoids jail but uncertainty surrounds his future legal career

May 9 2016 11:30am

Student backlash as top Doughty Street barrister offers UNPAID three-month internship

Exclusive: Celeb barrister who works alongside Amal Clooney accused of “staggering hypocrisy” -- and his ad may be in breach of the rules

May 6 2016 9:15am

Research: A third of BPTC graduates secure pupillage

A hazy glimmer of hope for those chasing a career at the bar

May 5 2016 2:10pm

Killer clause: How canny piece of wishful thinking netted Claudio Ranieri £6.7 million bonus

When drafting contracts: Always expect the unexpected

May 3 2016 5:19pm