Barristers Archives - Legal Cheek

Why do barristers wear wigs and gowns?

New Middle Temple exhibition explains the origins of our unusual court garb

2 days ago
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Lords call for clarity over role of ECJ post-Brexit

As over 1,000 lawyers sign letter to PM on People’s Vote

3 days ago
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Exchange Chambers expands free pupillage application advice day for northern bar hopefuls

Revamped 2018 forum will focus on how candidates can make themselves stand out during the recruitment process

3 days ago
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Peak Millennial? Doughty Street barrister argues for a NEW human right to personal ‘airspace’

Airborne intrusions can trigger psychological distress, says Nick Grief

4 days ago
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‘Will my tattoos stop me from becoming a barrister?’

I’ve been told I should be fine, but I’m not so sure

4 days ago
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Aspiring barrister’s pet pug celebrates call day wearing his own special wig and gown

This is not a drill!

6 days ago
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Lawyers vent fury over survey which asked whether The Secret Barrister should be ‘unmasked’

Little appetite to find out identity of whistleblower

Oct 12 2018 2:27pm
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IBA Conference: ‘Lawyers just don’t do emotion’, says leading behavioural expert

Law is the last profession to embrace emotional intelligence

Oct 12 2018 10:16am
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DWF is looking to recruit its first ever pupil barrister

Following BSB approval

Oct 12 2018 9:00am
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To become a lawyer don’t study law, says Supreme Court’s Lord Sumption — do history, classics, economics or languages instead

Top judge backs law conversion route

Oct 10 2018 2:00pm
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The 2019 Chambers Most List goes live

Expanded careers guide now feature 50 sets — each with a Legal Cheek View and Insider Scorecard rankings

Oct 9 2018 10:05am
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Lawyers discuss stolen ruby slippers, Van Gogh and Boy George’s Christian icon as IBA Conference kicks off in Rome

Six thousand descend on Italian capital for week-long law ‘mingle-athon’

Oct 8 2018 1:52pm
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Barrister used driving licence to eat pasta lunch after court security confiscated his fork

‘What a forkin nuisance!’

Oct 4 2018 4:37pm
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Lawyer bloggers given access to family courts in bid to combat ‘racy’ press coverage

Pilot scheme will run until June next year

Oct 3 2018 1:28pm
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Complaints about barristers jump by 30%

But number of disbarments is down, according to new report

Oct 1 2018 11:12am
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Barrister draws criticism on Twitter over claims white people can identify as black

That escalated quickly

Sep 28 2018 2:42pm
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Twitter fraudster impersonates top criminal QC in unsophisticated money wiring scam

Internet wrong’un uses image of 2 Bedford Row’s Michael Wolkind QC

Sep 28 2018 10:00am
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London chambers set to make history by renaming itself after a woman

Helena Normanton was the first woman to practise at the bar

Sep 27 2018 11:28am
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The Canary goes after legal Twitterati royalty

Barristers Adam Wagner and Jolyon Maugham QC targeted by left-wing news website following comments they made on social media

Sep 27 2018 9:04am
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Bar Council ups Pupillage Gateway application limit from 12 to 20

Centralised system reopens on 28 November

Sep 26 2018 8:58am
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Lincoln’s Inn reveals first images of new advocacy mega-bunker

Multi-million pound redevelopment nears completion

Sep 25 2018 10:31am
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Bar Council slams plan to allow solicitors to qualify as barristers without pupillage

Regulator’s proposal could also include law lecturers

Sep 24 2018 10:54am
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Barrister disbarred after claiming Nazi spies were plotting to nuke the Queen during London Olympics

Michael Shrimpton was jailed in 2015 for communicating false information

Sep 21 2018 11:21am
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Defending The Guilty: Lawyers split over new BBC barrister comedy

Series follows the exploits of four tenancy-hungry pupils

Sep 20 2018 11:33am
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