Tag: Barristers

The Amal Effect: More wannabe human rights lawyers, but where are the jobs?

Soaring applications for human rights courses may not be good news

Feb 6 2015 9:04am

The Mr Darcy of the bar is reported to have hooked up with a Hollywood star

Could Matrix Chambers' Ben Emmerson QC be the new Amal?

Feb 5 2015 11:27am

Research: lawyers most sought after profession for affairs because they’re good liars and pay attention to detail

Solicitors and barristers in hot demand on infidelity dating websites

Feb 4 2015 5:46pm

What judges say Vs. what judges mean

"I consider this application, in accordance with the Overriding Objective" = "Eeeny-meeny-miney-mo"

Feb 4 2015 9:52am

The Bar Council is giving junior barristers thousands of pounds to go to international conferences — apply here!

Up to £2,500 per barrister available to fund flights, hotels and other costs arising from participation in conferences abroad

Feb 3 2015 11:45am

Grayling Magna Carta party latest — win raffle to open a bridge

Highlight of Ministry of Justice’s controversial Global Law Summit to be a bottleneck of traffic in east London

Feb 3 2015 9:01am

Bar is ‘fantastic’ for working parents says Ed Miliband’s wife — but her chambers has just 17% women QCs

Justine Thornton's ringing endorsement of "family-friendly" bar not backed up by stats

Feb 2 2015 2:15pm

Guilty until proven innocent? Ministry of Justice mistakenly reverses the burden of proof

Top legal tweeters Mukul Chawla QC and David Allen Green call out MoJ

Feb 2 2015 8:26am

Twitter shock at barrister’s triple ‘C-bomb’

Is senior junior at 1 Gray's Inn Square the most foul-mouthed lawyer on Twitter?

Jan 30 2015 9:54am

Wigs and gowns set to be this season’s must-have after Amal Clooney namechecks Chancery Lane outfitters

"I'm wearing Ede & Ravenscroft," quips Doughty Street barrister

Jan 28 2015 5:15pm

Criminal Bar Association makes awkward U-turn over Global Legal Summit

Previous chairman described controversial event as Putin-esque; his successor is a confirmed speaker

Jan 28 2015 9:09am

Junior barrister arrested following death of boyfriend in Temple flat

Strand Chambers' Henry Hendron has been bailed until March

Jan 26 2015 11:40am

Barristers bombard Guardian journo with spoof otter-watching texts after overhearing her mobile number outside court

Tedium of waiting for jurors to come to a verdict was relieved by a practical joke on a hack

Jan 23 2015 11:47am

Bar Standards Board makes grovelling apology after being savaged by top judge

Professional body found to have withheld key evidence by Court of Appeal

Jan 21 2015 12:07pm

Inner Temple claims to have the best male talent

Debating society has rehashed Beach Boys track ‘California Girls’ to promote male hotties at the Inn

Jan 20 2015 9:24am

Heartthrob Cumberbatch in shock revelation: he wanted to be a barrister

Actor parents of Sherlock star encouraged him to go into law, but the closest he came was to preside over Judge Rinder's wedding

Jan 16 2015 12:03pm

Research: 77% of rookie tenants at top 30 chambers went to Oxbridge

Top end of the junior bar is dominated by Oxford and Cambridge -- to a far greater extent than leading law firms

Jan 16 2015 9:27am

BPTC application deadline extended as website goes down on deadline day

The deadline is now noon on Wednesday

Jan 12 2015 10:32am

11 reasons to think twice about doing the BPTC

Thinking of putting in an application to do the Bar Professional Training Course before today's deadline? Read this first

Jan 12 2015 9:37am

Why the cab rank rule is history

There’s never a taxi when you want one -- the solicitors’ professional body says the bar’s regulation is arcane, irrelevant and reached its sell-by date

Jan 9 2015 10:33am