Features

Judicial morale, advice for the junior commercial Bar, and life beyond the law: Joe England talks to Sir Richard on his retirement from the Court of Appeal  

David Wurtzel analyses the recently published BPTC Key Statistics – essential reading for both prospective students and those designing a replacement system of training for the Bar  

‘I am also struck, as others have been, by the disparity between the mandatory training expected of solicitors and barristers,’ Sir Bill Jeffrey wrote in his 2014 report Independent criminal advocacy in England and Wales . 

Mark Mulholland QC and Heather Phillips consider the lessons learned from the UK’s first DPA – and find that early reporting and a culture of compliance should be at the fore when the commercial long-term future of an organisation is at stake  

A new mechanism of deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) was introduced in February 2014 by s 45 and Sch 17 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (CCA 2013), whereby an agreement may be reached between a designated prosecutor and an organisation facing prosecution for certain economic or financial offences.  

Edited by: Robin Griffith-Jones, Master of the Temple and Mark Hill QC
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2015
430pp Paperback: £24.99
ISBN: 9781107494367 

Natalie Hearn and Brie Stevens-Hoare QC herald the launch of FreeBar, the LGBT+ chambers network that aims to promote an inclusive culture throughout the Bar  

A number of barristers’ chambers – including Matrix, Hardwicke, No5 Chambers, 5 Paper Buildings and 3 Hare Court – are working in association with Stonewall to establish a forum for chambers, employers and individuals working at and for the Bar focused on supporting LGBT+ people (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender and sexuality minorities).  

Pairing Shakespeare with the law at a recent PBI/Alliance for Lawyers at Risk fundraising event was a perfect marriage, writes Melissa Coutinho  

Middle Temple Hall was a fitting venue for the Peace Brigade International (PBI) UK and the Alliance for Lawyers at Risk event “Shakespeare and the Law” on 16 November 2015.  

Oliver Hanmer reports the findings of the regulator’s review of advocacy standards within youth proceedings, and Parliamentarian and practitioner perspectives on the problems currently endemic in the youth justice system  

In November last year, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) published The Youth Proceedings Advocacy Review which we and CILEx Regulation commissioned from The Institute for Criminal Policy Research.  

Mark Hatcher reflects on Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘rule-breaking’ reshuffle, its impact on democracy and significance for the Bar  

One of the most respected constitutional lawyers of the 20th century, Sir Ivor Jennings observed in his magisterial Cabinet Government: ‘If there be no Opposition, there is no democracy. “Her Majesty’s Opposition” is no idle phrase. Her Majesty needs an Opposition as well as a Government.’ 

Author: Lord Judge
Publisher: Hart Publishing, 2015
368pp Hardback: £22.50
ISBN: 9781509901890 

Does Latin still have a place in the modern judgment? Mr Justice McCloskey considers the patterns, and challenges, of judgment-writing in the common law system  

The Latin legal term curia advisari vult  (abbreviation cur adv vult ), meaning ‘the court wishes to consider the matter’ (literally ‘to be advised’), is familiar to most in the UK legal system and appears in countless thousands of law reports.