Barristers Archives - Legal Cheek

Criminal barrister reveals emotional toll of life at the bar in candid tweets

‘We are expected to brush away the trauma of one case and pick up the next’

3 days ago
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Last chance to buy first release tickets for Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019

Only five weeks to go until day-long event at Kings Place London on 22 May

4 days ago
Jailed sex assault barrister disbarred

Clyde Stevens handed 10-year prison term in 2017

5 days ago
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New trade union targets overworked junior lawyers

Legal Sector Workers United wants trainees and pupils to help fight oppression and inequality

5 days ago
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Exchange Chambers to double pupillage intake next year

Northern behemoth to take on six pupils in 2020

6 days ago
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Why one barrister quit her job to become a successful restaurateur

Nisha Katona had been practising for 20 years

Apr 12 2019 8:44am
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City lawyer whose ‘sexist’ LinkedIn message sparked media frenzy switches firms

Alexander Carter-Silk made headlines in 2015 after praising Charlotte Proudman’s ‘stunning’ profile photo

Apr 10 2019 4:29pm
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Doughty Street’s Amal Clooney lands UK foreign office role

Human rights barrister appointed media freedom envoy

Apr 10 2019 9:08am
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Child porn barrister who claimed Nazis planned to blow up the Queen fails to overturn disbarment

No return to the bar for Michael Shrimpton

Apr 9 2019 3:25pm
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‘Prestigious’ US law firm seeks ‘Oxbridge educated’ barristers only

Ouch

Apr 5 2019 11:16am
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Sexism from judges exaggerated, says Lord Chief Justice

Small number of examples give ‘false impression’

Apr 4 2019 10:19am
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Careers

Be prepared to forge your own path to legal practice

A panel of lawyers reveal their unconventional routes into law

Apr 3 2019 2:48pm

Six bar big hitters to speak at Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019

Dedicated barrister session to feature practitioners from Hardwicke and Cornerstone, alongside BPTC heads, academics and Inns’ director

Apr 3 2019 12:25pm
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Jail for bogus barrister who worked on family cases after lying about completing BPTC to secure pupillage

Real life Suits?

Apr 2 2019 2:41pm
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It’s ‘foolish’ to blame the solicitor, says Afghan-born barrister stripped of case after client requested ‘white male’

Rehana Popal hit headlines last year after tweeting about incident

Apr 2 2019 12:10pm
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Top UK legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg confronts heckler during debate

‘You be quiet sir’

Mar 28 2019 12:32pm
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2 Bedford Row invites aspiring barristers to pupillage interview in error

Exclusive: Promptly disinvites them

Mar 28 2019 11:25am
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It’s not ‘virtue-signalling’: 20 Essex Street QC hits back at critics of contextual recruitment system

Decision to embrace City law hiring process drew fire from Legal Cheek readers

Mar 27 2019 11:51am
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Lawyerly advice to pupil barristers: ‘Imagine the judge is slightly hard of hearing and a bit daft’

Words of wisdom (and a few poetic metaphors) for fresh-faced practitioners

Mar 27 2019 11:03am
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Jolyon Maugham QC suffers backlash on Twitter after calling High Court judge ‘pro-Government’

Campaigning silk defends comments after criticism from fellow lawyers, including The Secret Barrister

Mar 26 2019 4:02pm
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Litigant in person throws White Book at barrister

Lawyer lent self-representing claimant practitioners’ text at judge’s request

Mar 25 2019 10:53am
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‘Victims of the justice system’ left to rely on free help from lawyers let down by courts, judiciary and legal aid, blasts former top family judge

Sir James Munby pulls no punches

Mar 22 2019 4:26pm
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Jailed paedophile barrister removed from legal profession

John Guess was a lawyer for the Welsh government

Mar 22 2019 10:18am
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Leading media chambers One Brick Court to close following ‘unexpected departures’

It will dissolve on 24 June

Mar 20 2019 12:27pm
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