Profession

To mark 25 years at the Bar, Counsel  asks the silk known for poking the system with a sharp stick for her career highlights, the global challenge post-Jogee  and thoughts for the future

Leaving Teesside Crown Court to take some time off, with no idea that he’d done his last case, this advocate is now in pursuit of an astonishing amount of goodwill and generosity for the Zambezi Sunrise Trust: a day in the life 

Perhaps in tune with the times, everything seems personal. Have you, or anyone you know, had a problem with online abuse, threats or violence as a result of being at the Bar? 

A tribute to a special model: the difference it makes when you realise you work with a group of over 60 individuals who care about each other 

We all have an inner critical voice, to a greater or lesser degree. So what is it, how can it affect us as practitioners and how do we become less vulnerable to its impact? 

Do you ever wonder whether your accent is holding you back at the Bar? And making a difference in court? Observations from a barrister with an accent 

The Criminal Bar Association Chair reflects on a tide-turning year in office 

Dear Baby SB... 

After ministering to the Bar’s professional needs for well over a decade, Mark Hatcher is to devote himself to its spiritual and pastoral needs. Interview by Frances Gibb 

Growing pains and adjustments yet switching from family barrister to solicitor in an international law firm has challenged and rewarded in equal measure