Counsel Magazine

SFO’s General Counsel on the highs (and lows) of complex economic crime investigations and getting more women into fraud law. Interview by Anthony Inglese CB

Jonathan Seitler QC and Miriam Seitler discuss Carpool Case Law, the Bar today and the ‘business development’ side of the job

Making sure international justice works effectively and realising what matters – Karim Khan QC, the new Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, talks to Monica Feria-Tinta

‘Permitting vulnerable people to be heard is a difficult role, but I have so much joy from it.’ Mary Prior QC shares life lessons with Aadhithya Anbahan 

Malvika Jaganmohan and Madeleine Whelan's family law podcast doesn’t shy away from the difficult topics... 

Thinking the ‘unthinkable’? James Hatt on reforming the court system, tackling retention and revolutionising part-time working

A toolkit to help you build profile, expertise and a bright future in arbitration. By James Bridgeman

Twelve leading trial lawyers shared their advocacy tips with the Advocacy Podcast – a distillation of their advice, by Bibi Badejo, Justin Tadros, Alex Cameron and Antonia Eklund

An introduction to the world of reputation management and litigation communications. By Anthony Eskander

What is litigation PR and what does it have to do with barristers anyway? Q&A with Tim Maltin, Chief Executive of Maltin PR

An analysis of the Five Eyes Intelligence Organization, its continued significance in international law and order, and relevance to the Bar. By Dr Anthony R Wells

Exclusive statistical analysis: Barbara Mills QC outlines how the deeply unhelpful, homogenous BAME acronym is masking the true extent and systemic nature of the Bar’s diversity problem

As we await the detail of the ‘full and independent inquiry’ to which the Prime Minister has committed, Theo Huckle QC, Nick Brown and Frederick Powell look back at the successes and failures of other key inquiries and what we can learn from them.

Mind the gap: Christina Warner looks at LGBT+ protections, legislative ambiguities and chinks in the ICC framework

On the fourth anniversary of a tragic fire that claimed 72 lives, Sailesh Mehta outlines four key lessons 

One of our most notable courtroom dramas is also a useful illustration of a barrister’s craft, writes David Langwallner

Marking Mental Health Awareness Week, and publication of the National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance's latest guide for prison staff, Tim Kiely looks at access to creative activity and how essential it is to the wellbeing of people in prison 

In memoriam 

By Luke Clements, ISBN 9781913648077, Legal Action Group (December 2020)
 

Reviewed by Stephen Simblet QC 

When a sentence is a paragraph 

Exclusive statistical analysis: Barbara Mills QC outlines how the deeply unhelpful, homogenous BAME acronym is masking the true extent and systemic nature of the Bar’s diversity problem

If the Bar is complacent on the issue of race, then we will perpetuate the same racial inequities that continue to pervade our society, writes Professor Leslie Thomas QC 

Glenn Parsons takes a snapshot of diversity and inclusion at the Bar in 2021 – and shares what barristers on the North Eastern Circuit are doing to make lasting change happen  

The pilot scheme’s first pairing, Elisha Lindsay  and Paul Stanley QC , share their thoughts on the BSB’s reverse mentoring initiative and what they have learned from each other so far

How systemic racism affects the Bar, an audit of the profession’s progress so far, and the structural, cultural and personal change required for meaningful action 

By  Amit Popat