Doughty Street Chambers Archives - Legal Cheek

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
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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
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Sainsbury’s shelf-stacker turned Doughty Street barrister becomes one of Inner Temple’s youngest benchers

Amal Clooney chamber mate breaks 650-year record

Jul 29 2019 11:31am
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Leeds Beckett law graduate set to enter Love Island villa

Lavena Back completed a mini-pupillage at Doughty Street Chambers

Jun 28 2019 12:12pm
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Doughty Street’s Amal Clooney lands UK foreign office role

Human rights barrister appointed media freedom envoy

Apr 10 2019 9:08am
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Careers

Want to be the next Amal Clooney? Here are 5 things all aspiring human rights lawyers need to know

A panel of experts share tips from the top

Mar 6 2019 3:30pm

Doughty Street barrister Amal Clooney and actor husband ‘set to become’ godparents to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s royal baby

‘All but confirmed’, media report claims

Nov 29 2018 11:43am
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Government sued for denying legal aid to homeless

Human rights lawyers say there should be public funding to challenge rough sleeping crackdowns

Oct 23 2018 11:42am
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Peak Millennial? Doughty Street barrister argues for a NEW human right to personal ‘airspace’

Airborne intrusions can trigger psychological distress, says Nick Grief

Oct 17 2018 1:16pm
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The Canary goes after legal Twitterati royalty

Barristers Adam Wagner and Jolyon Maugham QC targeted by left-wing news website following comments they made on social media

Sep 27 2018 9:04am
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Revealed: The best barristers’ chambers for training

The results of the Legal Cheek Pupil and Junior Barrister Survey are in

Jan 23 2018 12:07pm
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Amal Clooney is ‘the Mensa member’s crumpet,’ proclaims top fashionista

Fashion journalist fawns over Doughty Street barrister

Sep 6 2017 1:19pm
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Parking company sues top QC, loses

Doughty Street barrister achieves what fish and chip shop owner Barry Beavis couldn’t

Aug 29 2017 12:49pm
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Another Doughty Street barrister gets the tabloid treatment

Jennifer Robinson caught in crossfire as newspapers target key Labour figure

Jul 11 2017 4:43pm
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#HumanRightsBabies: Doughty Street’s Amal Clooney gives birth to twins

They have surprisingly normal names

Jun 7 2017 1:27pm
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Doughty Street silk Keir Starmer is the ‘right person’ to get us a Brexit deal, says The Independent

Newspaper backs Labour MP over Tory David Davis

Jun 5 2017 11:43am
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Amal Clooney thinks it’s a ‘good thing’ her cases get extra publicity because of her marriage to George

It seems fame is currency in the fight against ISIS

Mar 8 2017 12:02pm
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New Doughty Street silk sticks it to the man with ‘left-wing’ tote bags she made for her fellow barristers

They’ve gone down very well

Mar 2 2017 9:12am
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This is what Amal and George’s baby might look like

Doughty Street barrister and Hollywood actor expecting twins

Feb 10 2017 10:39am
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We spoke to Baroness Helena Kennedy QC about Brexit

She chairs the House of Lords’ EU Justice committee, and she thinks we’re living through “an ugly period”

Feb 2 2017 10:11am
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Tabloids whipped into frenzy over Amal Clooney pregnancy rumours as barrister wears ‘uncharacteristic loose dress’

Could it be true?

Jan 11 2017 10:35am
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