Bar Council
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Top lockdown concern among pupil barristers? A lack of networking opportunities
‘Zoom events just don’t cut it’
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Research: Fifth of barristers want to quit profession as debt and stress levels soar
Barristers at ‘breaking point’ and in urgent need of support, Bar Council chief warns
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Netflix’s Top Boy uses sold off crown court to film legal scenes — as criminal case backlog hits 457,518
Blackfriars Crown Court flogged for a reported £65 million in 2019
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Journal
A brief history of legal aid
Oxford University law graduate Jordan Briggs considers how we got to a point where the civil legal aid system is ‘running on an empty tank’
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Top QC under fire for suggesting pupil barristers should have ‘well polished shoes’ and a ‘proper haircut’
Former Bar Council chief Richard Atkins apologises for posting tweet quoting recently deceased judge
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Junior barrister hits back at Boris Johnson’s ‘hamstrung’ justice comment in viral Twitter thread
PM waded into government’s ‘lefty lawyers’ saga yesterday