Tag: Tooks Chambers
Tooks withdraws mini-pupillage due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’ — and rules out placements for 2014
In the latest sign that all is not well at Tooks Chambers, Michael Mansfield QC’s...
What’s going on at Tooks Chambers?
Rumours are raging about the future of Tooks Chambers. Yesterday Respect Party politician Lee Jasper...
Four barristers quit Tooks Chambers as merger rumours swirl
These are unsettled times at Tooks Chambers. As we revealed yesterday, the set has withdrawn...
Anger as Tooks withdraws 2014 pupillage places after it had accepted applications
Top legal aid set Tooks Chambers has withdrawn two 2014 pupillage places for which it...
Tooksgate: Michael Mansfield Releases Statement Saying He ‘Would Not Knowingly Have Become Involved In An Event That Charged Students’
Michael Mansfield QC, the star speaker at the now notorious paid-for pupillage application advice event,...
Is The Criminal Bar Finally Eating Itself?
Forget the rights and wrongs of the decision by two Tooks’ barristers to start a...
Tooks QC Distances Himself From Colleagues’ ‘Ground Breaking’ How-To-Get-A-Pupillage Money Making Venture – But Mansfield Still Scheduled To Speak
On Friday we revealed that the directors of the company behind an event charging wannabe...
Tooks Chambers Barristers Start Company That Charges Bar Hopefuls £186 Each For Pupillage Application Advice From Michael Mansfield QC
When criminal barristers talk of having to diversify in order to survive, it’s generally assumed...
Michael Mansfield: Women ‘Seriously Underrepresented’ In Parliament (No. Of Female QCs In Mansfield’s Chambers: 0)
“The House of Commons is not representative of the electorate,” began a high-minded letter in...
London Election Day: Full List of Lawyer Candidates, Including The Fisher Meredith Partner Standing For UKIP
Last week, I wrote a piece for The Guardian profiling three of the lawyers vying...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Poulter & Aldridge Meet the Shadow Attorney General
This week on the #RoundMyKitchenTable podcast shadow Attorney-General Emily Thornberry joins journalist Alex Aldridge and...
Barrister Rebuked for Impersonating Top QC
Yesterday the High Court dismissed barrister David Leathley’s appeal against the Bar Standards Board’s (BSB)...