Tag: Barristers

Christmas time merger for 1 Gray’s Inn Square and Mansfield Chambers

Media heavyweights collide as Charlotte Proudman’s former set joins forces with Barbara Hewson’s

Dec 16 2016 2:58pm

Leading silk slapped with £2,000 fine for making inappropriate ‘sexual advances’ towards woman at hotel bar

Former barrister of the year "failed to act with integrity", regulator finds

Dec 16 2016 2:18pm

QC at the centre of Brexit legal challenge forced to defend working class background in wake of Twitter abuse

Yes my father is an ex-Etonian author, but he denied paternity, says Jolyon Maugham

Dec 15 2016 12:16pm

Bristol University law student lands advocacy honours in BPP-backed national competition

Aspiring barrister Lucy Bennett crowned advocate of the year

Dec 15 2016 9:52am

Investigation concludes Matrix Chambers’ Ben Emmerson QC did NOT commit sexual assault

The top lawyer was accused of attacking a woman in a lift

Dec 14 2016 1:35pm

Police, priests and hairdressers more ‘trusted’ than lawyers, according to research

But judges fared better in new 'Veracity Index'

Dec 7 2016 3:27pm

BPP’s firefighting BPTC student stars in Boots festive advert

Lucy Masoud is hoping to swap the yellow helmet for a horsehair wig

Dec 7 2016 9:53am

University of Law unveils BPTC LLM as it slashes cost of standard barrister course

Those taking masters can apply for £10,000 of postgraduate funding

Dec 5 2016 4:06pm

My 2:1 stopped me from becoming a top barrister, argues solicitor as he sues Oxford University

Faiz Siddiqui wants £1 million in damages for lost bar dream

Dec 5 2016 10:25am

Bar Council wants to split the BPTC in two and make law school attendance OPTIONAL

The Council of the Inns of Court has also thrown its weight behind the radical new plan

Dec 1 2016 1:48pm

Harry Potter, Professor Dumbledore and Hagrid lookalikes visit Middle Temple

Magical scenes in heart of legal London

Nov 30 2016 2:45pm

Barristers at centre of Brexit Supreme Court battle in sweary social media c-word spat

Things hot up as Article 50 showdown draws ever closer

Nov 29 2016 1:04pm

Bar Council charges students £24 a year to ‘feel closer to the action’

Wannabe barristers can help support key initiatives such as making the "profession more accessible"

Nov 29 2016 8:58am

Lawyers round on Birmingham City maths lecturer’s suggestion Supreme Court judges should be elected

He thinks it could improve diversity, lawyers think it’s a naff idea

Nov 24 2016 12:14pm

‘Mannequin Challenge’: London barristers embrace latest social media trend

You’ve basically got to stand really still

Nov 21 2016 10:30am