Features

Instead of building on the rights recognised under our constitution and in our history, the Human Rights Act of 1998 side-lined them by importing wholesale into our courts the case law of the European Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg, argues Martin Howe QC.   

Now is the time to bring our rights home – this time properly – he claims, in another article in our series looking at all the issues in this controversial area.. 

As Rebecca Wilkie steps down as Chief Executive of the Bar Pro Bono Unit, she reflects upon her time there, the Unit’s development and the changed pro bono landscape  

Eight years after taking up the privileged post of Chief Executive at the Bar Pro Bono Unit, the pro bono landscape has changed beyond recognition.  

Peter Melleney and Chloé Barton explain the legal system in Somaliland and training the Attorney General’s Office  

Somaliland is a self-declared independent state which is bordered by the Gulf of Aden to the north, Somalia to the East, Ethiopia to the south and west and Djibouti to the north-west.  

Chris Quinn on why the Bar needs to get serious about wellbeing ... and how to get training  

Although it has not gained much coverage outside legal circles, the Bar Council recently published a sobering report on health issues afflicting barristers.  

Mark Ellis tells Counsel how a barrister’s training has helped him realise his long-held ambition to become a writer  

When did you join the Bar? 

The renowned composer John Rutter reviews the third Bar Choral Society concert, performed in Temple Church on 10 June  

If the Bar Choral Society didn’t exist, you would have to invent it.  

Silk, St Philips Chambers  

St Philips is a leading multi-disciplinary set with offices in Birmingham, Leeds and London 

Rachel Spearing reviews the results from the Bar Council’s first survey of the wellbeing of the profession  

The Bar, by its very nature, is a stressful place to work, regardless of Call, practice area or status and we are all aware of the levels of stigma associated with displaying any sign of weakness.  

As the Bar Standards Board reviews pupillages and prepares to consult on the present Bar training system, Guy Fetherstonhaugh QC looks back at their evolution  

In February 2015, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) published Future Bar Training : a programme of review and reform aimed at updating its regulation of training for and at the Bar.  

Anthony Inglese CB with his second and final look at the lawyers to be found in the corridors of Whitehall  

A young Government Legal Service barrister is giving his first piece of advice to a Famous Top Political Figure.