Tag: Barristers

Lawyers embrace new online game that teaches litigants-in-person courtroom dos and don’ts

Online initiative is debuted in US, and gets a big thumbs up from UK lawyers

Apr 20 2016 3:44pm

Former Pussycat Doll tribute and beauty queen turns vlogger to give personal insight into life at law school

But will Tina Lee Robles’ YouTube channel help or hinder her barrister dreams?

Apr 20 2016 9:06am

Ex-solicitor-turned-pornstar fined for pretending to work for HMRC

Tax expert fined for impersonating tax man

Apr 19 2016 4:56pm

Open thread: How do I get a pupillage?

Baby barristers advise

Apr 19 2016 4:08pm

Lawyers vs Grayling: Supreme Court case concluded halfway through hearing in shocking legal first

Was the government’s policy so bad the court didn’t even wait until the end of the hearing to strike it down?

Apr 19 2016 11:35am

Even Lord Neuberger thinks EU cases are boring

The hearings are “unexciting to the point of being soporifically leaden”

Apr 19 2016 9:10am

Is a 2:1 the new 2:2 for law students?

Miss out on Oxbridge and it's increasingly a first class degree or bust if you want to make it to the bar or the magic circle

Apr 18 2016 9:51am

Career ‘tragedy’ for junior barrister as he’s jailed for conspiracy to supply cocaine

Rookie criminal lawyer sent to slammer for over three years

Apr 18 2016 9:11am

Aged 16 I took part in a mock trial for state school kids, now I’m a pupil barrister at a top commercial chambers

The Citizenship Foundation's Bar National Mock Trial Competition helped launch Sophia Hurst's career

Apr 15 2016 10:45am

Legal charity launches new family law focused social welfare pupillage scheme

Special two-year fellowship that will see successful candidates split their time between Bar Pro Bono Unit and chambers

Apr 14 2016 10:32am

Sheffield barrister who was jailed for teen sex attack after successful Crimewatch appeal booted out of profession

Criminal barrister Desmond Rosario was jailed for four years last summer

Apr 13 2016 3:09pm

Solicitor General under pressure over blind trust disclosure

As students of equity & trusts will of course know, the arrangement allows Robert Buckland QC's financial affairs to remain secret

Apr 13 2016 9:40am

Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts appears as litigant-in-person in private dispute

Exclusive: Alastair Pitblado and his fiancée in High Court today -- acting for themselves in £150k planning row

Apr 11 2016 9:07am

Man behind criminal law syllabus shake up to face retrial for murder

An appeal by Ameen Jogee saw the law on joint enterprise drastically changed, but his fate still hangs in the balance

Apr 7 2016 4:07pm