Jaspal Kaur-Griffin shares some tips from the project management world for avoiding common pitfalls
Let’s hear it for the assessors, says Dame Anne Rafferty of the KC Selection Panel. And to make silk assessors’ lives a little easier when applicants come calling in May, Dame Anne fields some commonly asked questions
Creating advocacy opportunities for juniors is now the expectation but not always easy to put into effect. Tom Mitcheson KC distils developing best practice from the Patents Court initiative already bearing fruit
If your current practice environment is bringing you down, seek a new one. However daunting the change, it will be worth it, says Anon Barrister
The long-running fee-paid judicial pensions saga continues. The current cut-off date for giving notice of election to join FPJPS is 31 March 2024, and that date now gives rise to a serious problem, warns HH John Platt
Not one to say, ‘I told you so,’ Sam Thomas continues his cyber series with the key learnings from the major supply chain attack affecting 80 law firms and at least one set of chambers at the end of 2023
Increasing sophistication and frequency of attacks have led many chambers to ask ‘when’ not ‘if’ they will suffer a cyber incident. Simon Davis sets out the factors to consider when renewing your cyber cover
Adele Akers’ reflections on health and wellbeing support at the very junior end of the Bar
Chris Bryden flags two recent High Court decisions causing concern among public access barristers – what amounts to ‘conduct of litigation’ and a dispute over fee arrangements
Alexia Zimbler asks chambers to reconsider the volume and sustainability of freebies they hand out at pupillage fairs
Sam Townend KC explains the Bar Council’s efforts towards ensuring a bright future for the profession
Remote (UK) but with occasional visits to BIOTA HQ in London
The British Indian Ocean Territory Administration is delighted to advertise the role of Assistant/Deputy General Counsel.
Giovanni D’Avola explores the issue of over-citation of unreported cases and the ‘added value’ elements of a law report
Louise Crush explores the key points and opportunities for tax efficiency
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Is now the time to review your financial position, having reached a career milestone? asks Louise Crush
If you were to host a dinner party with 10 guests, and you asked them to explain what financial planning is and how it differs to financial advice, you’d receive 10 different answers. The variety of answers highlights the ongoing need to clarify and promote the value of financial planning.
Most of us like to think we would risk our career in order to meet our ethical obligations, so why have so many lawyers failed to hold the line? asks Flora Page