Tag: Barristers
Crime barrister slapped with £2,000 fine for dropping big ‘N-word’ bomb
Matthew Lawson’s profile no longer on Carmelite Chambers website after calling woman a "nigger bitch"
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Supervisor tells pupil she looks ‘quite f*ckable’ — report highlights sexism at bar
Two surveys this week illustrate just how much work bar leaders have to do to drive out the Fred Flintstone attitudes
Legal aid strike falling apart as big firms head back to work
Exclusive: Rumours suggest that core group has struck a deal on verge of Ministry of Justice meeting
From wasps to car-hire — junior lawyers need to diversify
There are many ways to exhibit commercial awareness...
Gove calls make-or-break meeting in bid to resolve crime legal aid dispute
Four lawyer lobbying groups will meet Justice Secretary -- but Law Society and Bar Council are in the cold
War of words at Milton Keynes County Court
Kiss good-bye to lawyer civility
Award-winning junior barrister Connor Johnston says lawyers can still make a go of legal aid
Housing law specialist and winner of Legal Aid Practitioners Group gong remains positive in face of cuts
Solicitors are rubbish at the ‘art’ of Crown Court advocacy, says top Tory QC
Silk who defended the Krays also aggrieved by modern law firm tendency to "tie papers with rubber bands instead of tape"
Bar Council must delay plans to move Pupillage Gateway deadline
Clarity is urgently needed instead of tumbleweed blowing across the website’s alerts page
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The Judge Rules: criminal barristers are playing into the government’s hands
The current strike is likely to be short lived and ultimately lead to what the Ministry of Justice wants
A new law school is being built in a bunker under Lincoln’s Inn to deliver a not-for-profit BPTC
Exclusive: Inns of Court fight back against private law schools
Oi lawyers — do more free work, demands think tank
A leading political thinker-cum-Anglican theologian reckons the legal profession should spend up to 10% of time on pro bono
The bar’s battle against elitism
Baby boomers wake up to urgent need to help millennials
Telly quiz show barrister allegedly ‘smelled of cannabis’ as he advised client
Exclusive: The Chase’s general knowledge genius denies improper behaviour following pasting in Court of Appeal hearing
Courts set to grind to a juddering halt as criminal bar votes to stop taking new work
Breaking: Rank and file barristers rebel against QCs' wishes
Signs of despair as criminal bar strike ballot moves to climax
Will lawyers take a leaf from book of French revolutionaries on Bastille Day?
Bar student from failed judicial review advertises himself as an ‘employment lawyer’
Exclusive: Religious minister and former car-worker-turned BPTC student caught up in ongoing row over barrister title
Anger and confusion as hundreds of students unexpectedly fail the BPTC ethics module
Exclusive: Litigation is in the air as the Bar Standards Board refuses to review the marks
Pupillage Gateway moved to January so students know if they have chambers place before committing to BPTC
Exclusive: Finally, a move to protect wannabe barristers