Eight ways to reinforce and revise the coronavirus restrictions regulations. By Tom Hickman QC
However temporary the new measures are intended to be, there is always a risk that they could become permanent - Sailesh Mehta and Mahesh Karu on the resumption of jury trials, but not as we know them
David Langwallner tends to your literary health: a personal prescription, with some aphoristic and aesthetic comment
It's been a wildly different transition to second six than anticipated: Lachlan Stewart explains what it's like to be a pupil 'on their feet' during the pandemic
Foreign patents could prevent UK citizens accessing treatment for COVID-19, warns Professor Mark Engelman
Is it really true that COVID-19 is the virus that does not discriminate? Glenn Parsons investigates
With mini pupillages and other work experience cancelled, Zeenat Islam explains how Learning for Lawyers – REDEFINED is helping to unlock the law for those struggling to access opportunities
Young barristers want to be in court but they do not want this at the expense of their health or the expense of their clients, writes Katherine Duncan
From the first entirely remote hearing of lockdown to present day, the Bar has rapidly acclimatised to conducting trials by video. Michael Mylonas QC introduces one chambers’ verdict on what’s worked, what hasn’t and what it might all mean for future practice
Judge-alone trials should not be immediately discarded as inevitably inimical to the interests of justice and have been operating uncontroversially in Canada as an expansion of defence rights for many decades, writes Laura Hoyano
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The ICCA seeks to appoint an outstanding individual to the important role of Director of Education whose primary focus will be education, leadership, strategy, and regulation.
The Bar Council is ready to support a turn to the efficiencies that will make a difference
By Louise Crush of Westgate Wealth Management
Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, examines the latest ONS data on drug misuse and its implications for toxicology testing in family law cases
An interview with Rob Wagg, CEO of New Park Court Chambers
What meaningful steps can you take in 2026 to advance your legal career? asks Thomas Cowan of St Pauls Chambers
Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, explains why drugs may appear in test results, despite the donor denying use of them
The appointments of 96 new King’s Counsel (also known as silk) are announced today
Ready for the new way to do tax returns? David Southern KC continues his series explaining the impact on barristers. In part 2, a worked example shows the specific practicalities of adapting to the new system
Resolution of the criminal justice crisis does not lie in reheating old ideas that have been roundly rejected before, say Ed Vickers KC, Faras Baloch and Katie Bacon
With pupillage application season under way, Laura Wright reflects on her route to ‘tech barrister’ and offers advice for those aiming at a career at the Bar
Jury-less trial proposals threaten fairness, legitimacy and democracy without ending the backlog, writes Professor Cheryl Thomas KC (Hon), the UK’s leading expert on juries, judges and courts