Features

From criminal Bar, to 'big fraud' at the SFO, to international law firm - Patrick Rappo, Partner in DLA Piper UK LLP's Corporate Crime and Regulatory Investigations Group (call 1995) charts his career moves and shares the highlights of working at the employed Bar 

Clearly something has gone badly wrong in the UK. The proportion of care home residents who have died is a third higher than in Ireland and 13 times greater than Germany. With a second wave ahead, lessons learned can save lives. By Oliver Lewis 

Why Oxbridge colleges are increasingly recruiting Heads of House from the Bar’s ranks: barrister-principals Helen Mountfield QC, Lord Grabiner, John Bowers QC and Sir Ernest Ryder  explain the role, its delights and the impact 

Reaching for the remote 

Jon Whitfield QC  shares the story behind the poetry collection written by legal aid lawyers struggling to deliver justice for all during lockdown 

With freedoms at stake, the rule of law and legal precedent are used to protect and honour community resources, and calls for the organisation’s services grow louder each year. By Fiona Darroch  

Lynne Townley  and John Clifford  take a look at how the sometimes competing concerns of public safety and open justice were met during previous pandemics 

Dealing with  the fall-out of coronavirus business interruption: Ricky Diwan QC 's guide to how international arbitration can be used for effective dispute resolution as we face the prospective deluge of court litigation   

Something must be done or the much-vaunted ‘new normal’ will be taking place without us. The Secret Barrister  boils down the critical issues into a five-point alternative recovery plan for criminal justice 

Something must be done or the much-vaunted ‘new normal’ will be taking place without us. The Secret Barrister  boils down the critical issues into a five-point alternative recovery plan for criminal justice