Doughty Street Chambers - Legal Cheek

Why law students shouldn’t be discouraged by anti-lawyer rhetoric

Top solicitors and barristers provide words of encouragement for aspiring lawyers
Jun 17 2022 1:13pm
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Colston Four becomes Colston Three as victorious barrister is left off follow-up panel event

No spot for Liam Walker QC as rest of defence team prepare to discuss legal arguments in high-profile trial
Apr 11 2022 10:40am
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UK government appoints top war crimes lawyer to help Ukraine on ‘journey to justice’ against Russia

Judge and Doughty Street associate tenant Sir Howard Morrison QC will act as independent adviser to war-torn country’s chief prosecutor
Mar 28 2022 10:20am
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Top chambers fundraise bar course scholarship for refugee students

£20k award to honour public law silk Stephen Knafler QC who died tragically in October 2020
Mar 10 2022 9:13am
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First practising female barrister commemorated with London blue plaque

Lady Hale unveiled the historical marker
Oct 21 2021 10:16am
Keir Starmer reveals boozy lunch with ex-Doughty Street chamber mate Amal and George Clooney

Labour leader appeared on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories last night
Jun 2 2021 12:12pm

First female barrister to be commemorated with London blue plaque

Helena Normanton’s roundel will mark the address she lived for the early part of her legal career
Apr 7 2021 9:28am
Two Doughty Street junior barristers launch hijabs for court

Latest release from Ivy & Normanton, the first ever outfitter dedicated to courtwear for women
Mar 31 2021 12:16pm
Lawyers left stunned after ex-Supreme Sumption tells cancer sufferer her life is ‘less valuable’ on national TV

Former top judge insists comment was taken out of context
Jan 18 2021 12:02pm
Top London QC under fire for agreeing to prosecute Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners

Baroness Kennedy describes David Perry’s decision as ‘a source of shame’
Jan 15 2021 9:33am
Corona-regs barrister launches law centre fundraiser

Doughty Street Chambers’ Adam Wagner targets £15,000
Dec 23 2020 1:15pm
IBA conference: Amal Clooney marks the end of ‘regressive leadership and moral bankruptcy’ of Trump era in media freedom talk

Session also highlights attacks on free expression
Nov 24 2020 3:20pm

Former Doughty Street barrister ordered to cough up deleted tweets and author info from notorious Twitter account

High Court tells Daniel Bennett to reveal who was behind allegedly defamatory @arrytuttle tweets
Jul 16 2020 11:46am
Doughty Street junior barrister launches first legal outfitter for women

‘Women have been at the bar for over 100 years and men are still the default when it comes to legal dress,’ Karlia Lykourgou tells Legal Cheek
Jun 18 2020 2:06pm
David Lammy joins Doughty Street Chambers

Barrister turned Labour MP for Tottenham becomes associate tenant
Jun 2 2020 11:22am
Legal Twitter reacts after ‘white van man’ questions Keir Starmer’s ‘working class’ roots

Posts pic of barrister and Labour leader wearing traditional legal get-up
May 4 2020 3:02pm
Lawyers lead country as Raab steps in for hospitalised PM and Starmer wins Labour crown

Ex-Links associate and Doughty Street barrister in the spotlight
Apr 6 2020 11:07am
IBA: Assange treatment during extradition hearing ‘reminiscent of Abu Ghraib’ prison scandal

International Bar Assocation compares Wikileaks founder’s ‘mistreatment’ to torture of Iraqi detainees
Mar 16 2020 9:34am

Doughty Street veteran donates a cool £100k to former chamber mate Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership campaign

As Rebecca Long-Bailey defends record as a solicitor
Mar 5 2020 12:48pm
The best festive firs from across the legal profession ?

From law firm lobbies to Inns of Court of libraries… it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Dec 20 2019 8:47am
Doughty Street barrister quits chambers after being accused of tweeting from anonymous Twitter account that attacked colleague

Chambers confirms that Daniel Bennett has resigned
Aug 20 2019 2:58pm