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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
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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
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
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

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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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