Tag: Barristers

Bar chief says young barristers ‘unable to fulfil potential’ as law reporters launch scholarship for skint pupils

Law reporting charity chips in with some cash for legal aid rookies

Oct 6 2015 11:24am

New plastic bag legislation is a triumph of pedantic drafting

The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015 deserves wider recognition

Oct 5 2015 5:26pm

How wannabe lawyers can become employable

ULaw employability chief John Watkins believes students overestimate some of their soft-skills

Oct 2 2015 11:39am

Is Charlotte Proudman about to sue the tabloids?

Labelling me a 'Feminazi' is defamatory, claims barrister-turned-gender commentator

Oct 2 2015 9:15am

‘Are you sure I don’t look silly?’ Attorney General’s Twitter jitters over full-bottomed wig pic

Jeremy Wright QC deletes photo -- then, after seemingly recovering composure, re-posts it

Oct 1 2015 1:28pm

How to survive the pupillage Hunger Games

Hardwicke's two new tenants reveal how they made it to fully-fledged barrister status

Sep 30 2015 12:33pm

Top QC who didn’t pay tax for 12 years is struck off

Commercial silk Rohan Pershad QC was "extremely poor at paperwork"

Sep 30 2015 11:12am

Lawyers back magistrate suspended for paying asylum seeker’s court charge

Axe this "laughably unfair" charge, urge members of legal profession

Sep 29 2015 12:28pm

Lawyers’ ethics: who would you save first in a fire — your mum or girlfriend?

Chinese judicial ethics exam asks wannabe lawyers to decide

Sep 29 2015 11:09am

Inner Temple awards top scholarship to bencher’s daughter

Exclusive: £22,000 BPTC prize goes to student with very close family connection to Inn

Sep 29 2015 9:55am

Event: Why the legal profession needs people who see the world differently

Lord Neuberger and a panel of top solicitors and barristers offer students who don't fit the mould tips on how to get ahead in law

Sep 28 2015 12:33pm

Bar Council chief and Dechert’s Miriam González-Durántez latest to back Proudman feminist movement

LinkedIn row barrister now has support of Nick Clegg's City lawyer wife and a less enthusiastic Alistair MacDonald QC

Sep 28 2015 11:23am

At last, Lord Sumption has a friend! Top female QC comes out in support of under-fire Supreme Court judge

Sarah Forshaw QC backs Sumption over women judges comments; as shadow Lord Chancellor is latest to put boot in

Sep 24 2015 5:15pm

Now it’s Proudman versus Sumption: LinkedIn row barrister slams Supreme Court judge

27-year old is seizing new role is unofficial spokesperson for nation's female lawyers

Sep 24 2015 10:01am

What it’s like to do jury duty when you are a barrister

Hardwicke's Andy Creer experiences life on the other side of the courtroom

Sep 23 2015 9:54am

Lawyers rush to claim that David Cameron’s alleged sex act with a pig was legal

Relax kids, putting your penis in a dead pig’s mouth breaks no law

Sep 21 2015 3:45pm