Annette Henry KC is a Wellbeing Consultant, Work Life Coach and Founder of Owning Your Wellbeing. At the Bar she specialised in mental health law within criminal defence work and started her consultancy to achieve more positive outcomes in mental fitness and wellbeing in professional practice. She has built a unique career at the intersection of law and wellbeing that also incorporates elite sporting techniques to help navigate ‘Life at the Bar’ and beyond the courtroom.
For barristers, managing anxiety is a professional discipline as much as a personal one, says Annette Henry KC. This article examines the cues, clues and practical techniques for avoiding overwhelm and regaining calm
Let’s call time on toxic behaviour. Wellbeing consultant Annette Henry KC explores its root causes, the warning signs – and the tools to change course
Barristers are on the frontline of an immensely challenging job, as Annette Henry KC knows first-hand. The criminal silk turned wellbeing consultant asks Chair of the Bar Nick Vineall KC about progress on wellbeing practices
The Chair of the Bar reports back
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Susie Griffin on the admin that keeps barristers from billable work
Clement Cowley, Partner at The Penny Group, explains how global events can influence the performance of pensions and ISAs, and why taking a long-term approach to investing is often the most effective strategy
Kick off your career at the Bar Council’s Pupillage Fair this October – it’s one of the most valuable opportunities for aspiring barristers, says Amelia Clegg
Join us on Saturday 21 November 2026 at Leeds Beckett University and see for yourself why the North continues to be an exceptional place to build a career at the Bar
The golden age of advocacy? David Langwallner pays homage to the filmic if contentious barrister Sir Edward Carson and some of his contemporaries
Henry Fingerhut outlines what the Bar Standards Board AI guidance means for early career barristers
Not yet, says Jacob Turner. Regulation, unlike the technology itself, is a domain the legal profession can still control
