Tag: Barristers

Actors’ fury as mystery London QC pays £10,500 to appear as Broadway extra

"How would he feel if I offered him money to turn up as his clerk in a key trial?"

Jan 26 2016 9:52am

Amal Clooney’s human rights campaign trail snuffed by paps who just wanted to see what she was wearing

Could Amal follow in the footsteps of Cherie Blair and quit chambers?

Jan 25 2016 4:28pm

Stop chasing the pot of gold: there’s no future for wannabe criminal lawyers

You’ll earn more money working down the pub

Jan 25 2016 11:24am

Bar Nursery North: Second crèche opens up for barristers’ babies in bid to boost gender diversity

Leeds childcare scheme follows success of legal London venture

Jan 21 2016 10:26am

Law grad vacancies down 16% since 2005 while accountancy places soar by 68%

Number-crunchers in demand but law still pays more

Jan 19 2016 4:18pm

Banning things is ‘curse of our age’

Brits seem to want to ban everything nowadays

Jan 19 2016 2:09pm

Junior lawyers open up about stress

Challenges of the job becoming less of a taboo

Jan 19 2016 9:50am

We spoke to a London human rights lawyer about China locking up human rights lawyers

He describes the arrests as “obviously unjustified”

Jan 18 2016 12:34pm

Charlotte Proudman leaves Twitter after relentless abuse from trolls

Young sexism row barrister deactivates account

Jan 18 2016 10:22am

Pupillage Gateway will be moved to January from 2017

After previous false start the Bar Council finally gives date change the go-ahead

Jan 18 2016 7:28am

‘Making a Murderer’: could we see an English version?

Don’t hold your breath, says top criminal barrister

Jan 15 2016 12:01pm

Durham student rape acquittal sparks talk of criminal law reform

Should we bring back anonymity for accused rapists?

Jan 14 2016 12:33pm

Nosy bosses CANNOT read your private WhatsApp conversations due to ECHR ruling

Reporters can't resist getting a human rights story wrong

Jan 13 2016 4:22pm

The solicitors who quit the City to work in sexy areas of law

Get a TC, get some money and then get out to do crime and media work

Jan 13 2016 9:42am

Top criminal chambers boosts pupillage award from £16k to £40k

London set bucks downward pay trend

Jan 12 2016 9:27am

David Bowie used to be a paralegal based near Lincoln’s Inn

British music legend sadly passed away yesterday after 18-month battle with cancer

Jan 11 2016 5:28pm

Labour’s top lawyer quits citing ‘increasingly negative path’ under Jeremy Corbyn

Shadow attorney general Catherine McKinnell has resigned -- Karl Turner replaces her

Jan 11 2016 1:02pm

Just 23% of new QCs are women — but Boris’ wife is one of them

Ethnic minorities also under-represented as -- surprise, surprise -- white men dominate silk appointments

Jan 11 2016 12:33pm

Social mobility charity’s ‘Model Law Commission’ gets students thinking about what being a lawyer actually means

Big Voice London aims to bring people who see the world differently into the profession

Jan 8 2016 12:14pm

Junior barrister appears in court over supplying drugs in heart of legal London

Strand Chambers’ Henry Hendron was arrested earlier this year after boyfriend died of drug overdose at his Temple flat

Jan 8 2016 10:22am