Laurie-Anne Power KC is a criminal barrister at 25 Bedford Row. Her practice includes serious criminal offences such as murder, sexual offences, terrorism and complex fraud. She has appeared before both domestic and international courts and worked on the International Criminal Trials in Sierra Leone. She is a Bencher at Middle Temple, Co-Chair of the Bar Council’s Race Panel and Chair of Women in Criminal Law’s Race Equality Committee. Laurie-Anne won the 2019 UK Diversity Legal Awards Lawyer of the Year and acts as a mentor and volunteer for various charities and schools that are committed to improving the career development and social mobility of young people from diverse and marginalised backgrounds.
From a traumatic formative education to exceptional criminal silk – Laurie-Anne Power KC talks about her path to the Bar, pursuit of equality and speaking out against discrimination (not just during Black History Month)
Raggi Kotak and Laurie-Anne Power on the positive actions chambers can take to support a more racially inclusive environment
Chair of the Bar sets out a busy calendar for the rest of the year
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The proscribing of Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act is an assault on the English language and on civil liberties, argues Paul Harris SC, founder of the Bar Human Rights Committee
Come in with your eyes open, but don’t let fear cloud the prospect. A view from practice by John Dove
Anon Academic explains why he’s leaving the world of English literature for the Bar – after all, the two are not as far apart as they may first seem...
Review by Stephen Cragg KC
