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Why I jump from planes, dive with sharks and rappel down buildings

Army Reserve adventures provide the balance that the Bar sometimes lacks, says Ahmad Badar 

18 May 2026 / Ahmad Badar
We set the bar

Book review: We Set the Bar

By Jo Delahunty KC  

Reviewed by Anna Yarde 

18 May 2026 / Anna Yarde
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Book review: Law and Politics at the National Industrial Relations Court 1970-75: ‘Rather Peculiar Things’

By Peter Oldham KC  

Reviewed by Sir Jonathan Swift 

18 May 2026 / Sir Jonathan Swift
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I’m Sorry, Prime Minister

Reviewed by Daniel Barnett 

18 May 2026 / Daniel Barnett
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Secret E-Diary

We are in danger of missing the obvious, warns William Byfield* 

18 May 2026 / William Byfield
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Theatre review: Into The Woods

Review by Daniel Barnett 

13 April 2026 / Daniel Barnett
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Book review: On the Law of Speaking Freely

By Adam Tomkins  

Reviewed by Dr Bysshe Inigo Coffey 

13 April 2026 / Dr Bysshe Inigo Coffey
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Best guitar riffs for barristers

‘Let’s rock, Wembley! (Or Poole!)’ Nick Peacock takes readers on a tour of classic guitar riffs – guaranteed to get you in the zone  

13 April 2026 / Nicholas Peacock
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Book review: Judging

By Ross Cranston  

Reviewed by Nikki Singla KC 

13 April 2026 / Nikki Singla KC
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Secret E-Diary

The inability to say what we mean has dangers, warns William Byfield 

13 April 2026 / William Byfield
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‘Legal aid is broke and so are we’: Jo Delahunty KC

In this wide-ranging interview, Professor Jo Delahunty KC, Family Law KC of the Year, talks to Anthony Inglese CB about the values that shaped her, the moment she found her vocation and, in an intensely personal call to arms, why time is running out for the legal aid Bar

Shifting the jeopardy onto bullying judges

Is the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office process fit for purpose? Women barristers’ experiences of bullying are not being reported or, if they are, they are not making it through the system, says Tana Adkin KC

Theatre review: Into The Woods

Review by Daniel Barnett

From Preston to Parliament

Chair of the Bar reports back

Sharing the advocacy

The client’s best interests could be well-served by sharing the advocacy with junior counsel more often than you might think Naomi Cunningham and Charlotte Eves explore some less orthodox ways to divide the speaking role

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