Features

Is it ever too late to prosecute historic allegations? Richard Jory QC and Sam Jones consider whether it’s time for a rethink  

On 14 June 2016, the resident judge at Exeter Crown Court stayed all further proceedings against M, at 97 years old the oldest defendant so far to have stood trial in a Crown Court in England and Wales.  

Guy Fetherstonhaugh QC explains why the pupillage application timing has changed and outlines wider efforts to right wrongs of the old system  

For as long as I can remember, students applying for a university place in this country have had to go through a centralised scheme (now UCAS).  

Mark Hatcher on the Great Repeal Bill, legal black holes and bonfires of red tape that will dominate Whitehall and Westminster for the foreseeable future  

The Foreign Office document published at the beginning of the year which outlined the process for withdrawing from the European Union (Cm 9216) was unequivocal. 

That old problem of ‘nerves’  

‘Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence’ – Vince Lombardi 

Travel broadens the mind  

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart”– Confucius 

Richard Atkins QC on why it’s never too late to diversify – particularly with a barrister’s skillset  

In 2011, at the second time of asking, I took Silk.  

Time for the Bar to rise to the equality challenge and find more effective ways for women to stay on in the profession, argues Fiona Jackson 

In July the Bar Standards Board (BSB) published Women at the Bar , a report of its survey of all practising female barristers on the implementation and effectiveness of the Equality Rules that came into force in 2012.  

Westminster village begins to recover its equilibrium after the EU vote, grappling with the machinery of change and arrangements to scrutinise Brexit policy  

In 1886 the Liberal politician, Joseph Chamberlain is reported to have said: ‘In politics, there is no use in looking beyond the next fortnight.’  

Almost half of women at the Bar have encountered discrimination and over two-thirds have considered leaving. David Wurtzel analyses the survey findings  

We want the Bar to reflect the society it serves.  

With a string of historic sex abuse cases attracting unparalleled public scrutiny, it’s been a high-profile three years. Anthony Inglese meets DPP Alison Saunders to discuss decision-making, transparency and the Bar  

‘Deciding on so many difficult issues.’ Alison Saunders, heading towards her third anniversary as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), is talking about what she has enjoyed most about her CPS career.