Tag: Barristers
Devereux Chambers barrister Jolyon Maugham QC takes Uber to court over £20 million unpaid VAT
Just weeks after he launched a pro bono project aimed at holding the government to account
The life of a serious crime QC
From representing footballer John Terry to acting in the Hillsborough Inquests and the Child Sex Abuse Inquiry, there are few dull moments for Serjeants’ Inn’s Chris Daw QC
‘Jekyll and Hyde’ barrister who made his girlfriend call him ‘master’ booted out of profession
Family law specialist handed an 18-month suspended prison sentence last July
Double trouble: Lawyer struck off by SRA has now been disbarred as well
He was a barrister, solicitor and lecturer at Aberystwyth University -- now he's none of these
Research: Average barrister earnings equate to £60,000 salary
Bar Council claims overheads account for 'half of a barrister’s turnover'
Barristers struggle to suppress anger at Liz Truss’s silk day speech
Exclusive: Lord Chancellor’s speech was badly judged and has not gone down well with new QCs
Barrister who was fined £1,800 for pestering three women at chambers summer party has decision OVERTURNED by High Court
A 'medical condition' was to blame
11 reasons why you should date a lawyer
We know you want to
Posh cars (and even a horse-drawn carriage) descend on Westminster as barristers celebrate new silk status
And there were plenty of full bottomed wigs and silver buckled shoes too
BPTC student uses skills she’s learnt on bar course to challenge government’s decision to strip her dad of his benefits
Anita Dowman admits she ‘wouldn’t have had a clue’ how to bring the case without her law studies
The true state of the BPTC, from someone who has recently gone through it
A Legal Cheek commenter shares their story
Solicitor who stalked barrister hubby’s ex-lover fined £1,000 by regulator
London-based property law specialist now subject to a year-long restraining order and curfew
There is a new ‘UK’s top criminal barrister’
Jeremy Dein QC seizes throne as Wolkind's crown slips
A good day at work? Not likely if you’re a lawyer
It's not just Trump and Brexit which are getting us down
Criminal Bar Association backs proposals for two-stage BPTC and OPTIONAL attendance at law school
Bar Council's radical plans gain further support
We spoke to Baroness Helena Kennedy QC about Brexit
She chairs the House of Lords’ EU Justice committee, and she thinks we’re living through “an ugly period”
‘UK’s top barrister’ fined by Bar Standards Board over website boasts
But legendary topcriminalqc.co.uk site lives on
Brexit: Theresa May’s decision to keep schtum is a lesson in negotiation all lawyers could learn from
Keeping quiet is a strategy in itself
Over 500 barristers sign open letter to BSB chairman attacking training reform proposals
Regulator's consultation into future bar training closed yesterday
What I wish I’d known when I was applying for pupillage
Self-knowledge is all
Lord Harley to take strike-off decision to Court of Appeal
He's appealing on Equality Act grounds