Features

With commemorations of the First World War under way it seems fitting to remember a remarkable pacifist, barrister and feminist, Chrystal Macmillan.   

Celia Pilkington and Harini Iyengar explain. 

In February 2015 the Global Law Summit to celebrate 800 years since Magna Carta takes place in London.   

Chairman-Elect of the Bar Council Alistair MacDonald QC explains. 

The Young Bar conference took place on 18 October.  

YBC Chairman, Max Hardy, reports back. 

As part of the July 14 reshuffle, the then Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC was replaced.  

The post went to criminal barrister and Conservative MP Jeremy Wright, who talks to Chris McWatters about his new role. 

The Bar Council needs not only to support the Bar but also to help it be understood by and to reflect the society it serves.   

Stephen Crowne talks to Rupert Jones about his role as Bar Council Chief Executive. 

To legislate or not to legislate?   

As the year draws to a close, Mark Hatcher reviews events in Parliament 

As her tenure comes to an end, Baroness Deech reflects upon her six years as Chair of the Bar Standards Board.  

In To Kill a Mockingbird, the great Harper Lee wrote: “there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal – there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an Einstein, and the ignorant man the equal of any college president. That institution gentlemen, is a court…” 

The 2014 Annual Bar Conference took place on 8 November.  

Counsel’s editorial board reports back. 

Mark Hoyle, who is now a partner at King & Wood Mallesons SJB in Dubai, organised a dinner for Barristers in the Gulf, on 28 May 2014.   

There was an excellent selection of people, mostly from Dubai but also a one day tripper from Qatar. 

Christmas Legal Fiction roundup for Counsel Magazine by Paul Magrath.  

Books discussed: 

Ian McEwan, The Children Act (Cape, £16.99) 

Peter Murphy, A Matter for the Jury (No Exit Press, £8.99) 

Kathy Lette, Courting Trouble (Bantam, £14.99) 

Nick Stone, The Verdict (Sphere, £16.99)