Tag: Barristers

New plastic bag legislation is a triumph of pedantic drafting

The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015 deserves wider recognition

Oct 5 2015 5:26pm

How wannabe lawyers can become employable

ULaw employability chief John Watkins believes students overestimate some of their soft-skills

Oct 2 2015 11:39am

Is Charlotte Proudman about to sue the tabloids?

Labelling me a 'Feminazi' is defamatory, claims barrister-turned-gender commentator

Oct 2 2015 9:15am

‘Are you sure I don’t look silly?’ Attorney General’s Twitter jitters over full-bottomed wig pic

Jeremy Wright QC deletes photo -- then, after seemingly recovering composure, re-posts it

Oct 1 2015 1:28pm

How to survive the pupillage Hunger Games

Hardwicke's two new tenants reveal how they made it to fully-fledged barrister status

Sep 30 2015 12:33pm

Top QC who didn’t pay tax for 12 years is struck off

Commercial silk Rohan Pershad QC was "extremely poor at paperwork"

Sep 30 2015 11:12am

Lawyers back magistrate suspended for paying asylum seeker’s court charge

Axe this "laughably unfair" charge, urge members of legal profession

Sep 29 2015 12:28pm

Lawyers’ ethics: who would you save first in a fire — your mum or girlfriend?

Chinese judicial ethics exam asks wannabe lawyers to decide

Sep 29 2015 11:09am

Inner Temple awards top scholarship to bencher’s daughter

Exclusive: £22,000 BPTC prize goes to student with very close family connection to Inn

Sep 29 2015 9:55am

Event: Why the legal profession needs people who see the world differently

Lord Neuberger and a panel of top solicitors and barristers offer students who don't fit the mould tips on how to get ahead in law

Sep 28 2015 12:33pm

Bar Council chief and Dechert’s Miriam González-Durántez latest to back Proudman feminist movement

LinkedIn row barrister now has support of Nick Clegg's City lawyer wife and a less enthusiastic Alistair MacDonald QC

Sep 28 2015 11:23am

At last, Lord Sumption has a friend! Top female QC comes out in support of under-fire Supreme Court judge

Sarah Forshaw QC backs Sumption over women judges comments; as shadow Lord Chancellor is latest to put boot in

Sep 24 2015 5:15pm

Now it’s Proudman versus Sumption: LinkedIn row barrister slams Supreme Court judge

27-year old is seizing new role is unofficial spokesperson for nation's female lawyers

Sep 24 2015 10:01am

What it’s like to do jury duty when you are a barrister

Hardwicke's Andy Creer experiences life on the other side of the courtroom

Sep 23 2015 9:54am

Lawyers rush to claim that David Cameron’s alleged sex act with a pig was legal

Relax kids, putting your penis in a dead pig’s mouth breaks no law

Sep 21 2015 3:45pm

Cherie Blair backs radical plan for legal profession to buy junior barristers’ debt

Greece-style debt relief -- for rookie criminal barristers

Sep 21 2015 9:21am