Tag: Barristers

Hardwicke to rebrand as Gatehouse Chambers after discovering name has slavery links

Lord Hardwicke was co-author of 1729 legal opinion relied upon by slave owners

Jun 15 2021 12:03pm

‘The bar must do better at giving pupillage applicants feedback’

BTC graduate and aspiring barrister Kieran Alker recounts his 'frustrating' experience and suggests a way to improve the process

Jun 10 2021 9:20am

Super regulator sides with pupillage seekers in row over rejection by silence

Follows letter from wannabe barrister first reported by Legal Cheek

Jun 8 2021 12:00pm

Family barrister suspended following ‘offensive and unacceptable’ Royal baby tweet

Joanna Toch apologises after ill-judged remark

Jun 8 2021 10:04am

Keir Starmer reveals boozy lunch with ex-Doughty Street chamber mate Amal and George Clooney

Labour leader appeared on Piers Morgan's Life Stories last night

Jun 2 2021 12:12pm

Henry Hendron avoids disbarment — again

Scandal-hit barrister reprimanded for continuing to work during suspension over drug offences

Jun 1 2021 10:51am

Supreme Court launches paid internship for underrepresented aspiring barristers

Week-long scheme will see bar hopefuls shadow judicial assistants

May 27 2021 9:15am

City Law School suspends two-part bar course following low student sign-ups

Exclusive: Budding barristers prefer full and part-time options

May 18 2021 10:33am

Barristers to share Gray’s Inn with 300 kids as new primary school gets go-ahead

To open amid top chambers next year, with kiddies lunching in historic hall

May 17 2021 1:16pm

Supreme Court embargo-breaking barrister avoids prison

Tim Crosland slapped with £5k fine for leaking Heathrow judgment

May 10 2021 4:45pm

Bar group looks to tackle workplace abuse with ‘active bystanders’

All Rise project creates special pin badge as visible sign of support

May 10 2021 9:50am

Aspiring barrister: ‘Should I accept an offer to study at an Ivy League law school?’

I've secured a considerable scholarship but the thought of taking on debt to cover the rest has left me with 'cold feet', one bar hopeful explains

May 7 2021 9:59am

Bar exam bosses apologise for last summer’s chaos after damning independent review

Outside experts heavily critical of online set-up that left some students locked out and others urinating in bottles and buckets

May 6 2021 1:08pm

UK and Ireland bar bodies slam China sanctions on magic circle barristers

Members of Essex Court Chambers hit with penalties last month for allegedly spreading 'lies and disinformation' about treatment of Uighur Muslims

Apr 27 2021 8:42am

Lawyer made false rape claim and arranged to be stabbed in ‘evil’ plot to destroy married barrister lover she met on LinkedIn

Anisah Ahmed, 33, handed discretionary life sentence after framing Iqbal Mohammed, 38, for rape, kidnap and stabbing

Apr 21 2021 12:30pm

First female barrister to be commemorated with London blue plaque

Helena Normanton's roundel will mark the address she lived for the early part of her legal career

Apr 7 2021 9:28am

Two Doughty Street junior barristers launch hijabs for court

Latest release from Ivy & Normanton, the first ever outfitter dedicated to courtwear for women

Mar 31 2021 12:16pm

Pupillage: Bar leaders urged to stop ‘shameful’ rejection by silence

Aspiring barrister Noah Gifford describes common practice among chambers as ‘insulting’ in open letter

Mar 29 2021 11:14am

China bans magic circle chambers over alleged human rights ‘disinformation’

Country accuses London's Essex Court Chambers of spreading 'lies' about treatment of Uighur Muslims

Mar 26 2021 1:41pm

Revealed: The top barristers by Supreme Court appearances

Academic Dr Mikołaj Barczentewicz crunches the numbers to compile lawyer league table

Mar 26 2021 8:12am

Barrister suspended for six months over sexual comments to female mini-pupil

Second disciplinary tribunal finding against Robert Kearney

Mar 22 2021 4:51pm