Tag: Barristers

APPEAL: Help One Crown Office Row barrister Matthew Heywood find his stolen wig

The very same wig was stolen from him four years ago, but he managed to get it back

Oct 7 2016 12:16pm

I have a learning difficulty and am gay – will I succeed at the bar?

The legal profession and its true approach to diversity

Oct 7 2016 10:58am

BSB and Bar Council schedule BTPC civil litigation exam on pupillage offer day

"We are now looking into alternative dates and options" say bar big wigs

Oct 7 2016 10:04am

Lawyers compare new government plans to ‘shame’ companies that employ foreign staff to Nazi persecution of Jews

One QC described the Home Secretary's proposals as "abhorrent" and refused to follow them

Oct 5 2016 11:01am

Shami Chakrabarti accused of hypocrisy for sending son to £18,000-a-year private school

Woman tipped to become next shadow attorney general appears to fly in face of Labour’s stance on selective education

Oct 3 2016 12:15pm

Littleton boosts pupillage award by 23% as plethora of chambers up pay

London sets fall over themselves to throw extra cash at wannabe barristers

Sep 30 2016 9:01am

Shami Chakrabarti hotly tipped to become next shadow attorney general

Doughty Street's Keir Starmer also expected to join Corbyn's cabinet

Sep 29 2016 10:39am

‘Beyond farcical’: Lawyers in shock as top Matrix Chambers barrister suspended from child sex abuse inquiry

Apparently Ben Emmerson QC only found out when he read about it on the internet

Sep 29 2016 10:17am

Language of the legal directory decoded: the 2016 edition

The venerable Wigapedia returns to make his annual translation of the Legal 500

Sep 28 2016 1:35pm

Revealed: Nearly 60% of rookie barristers did their undergraduate degree at Oxbridge

The 2016-17 Chambers Most List – released today – makes for sobering reading for wannabe lawyers at lesser unis

Sep 28 2016 11:38am

Wheelie suitcases aplenty as BPTC courses get underway

Look at the size of that one!

Sep 27 2016 1:43pm

U wot m8? BSB reminds newbie barristers to use correct ‘grammar, spelling and punctuation’

Regulator's revised professional statement released yesterday

Sep 22 2016 12:56pm

Amal Clooney teams up with Boris Johnson to launch anti-Islamic State campaign

Human rights lawyer and Foreign Secretary form unlikely duo in fight against terrorism

Sep 19 2016 1:10pm

Tributes continue to flood in for hit and run barrister killed as he left Law Rocks battle-of-the-bands concert

David Batcup described as “charming” and “utterly courteous” by his peers

Sep 16 2016 10:13am

High Court judge uses emojis to help children understand family law judgment

Mr Justice Peter Jackson also used simple language

Sep 15 2016 11:06am