Features

How to work successfully in a demanding profession, with sometimes challenging personalities, whilst pursuing happiness? Jay Connolly shares four core skills to help us manage up, down and sideways  

A case off-Circuit is a tonic  

Not an ordinary day-in-the-life for social mobility advocate Mukhtiar Singh, as he moves to new chambers and reflects on his unusual route to the Bar after 20 years as a police detective  

Not an ordinary day-in-the-life for social mobility advocate Mukhtiar Singh, as he moves to new chambers and reflects on his unusual route to the Bar after 20 years as a police detective  

Cynical business ploy or socially responsible purpose? Sam Mercer asked four leading sets how and why they do CSR…  

‘Think very carefully’ before agreeing to go just with the ABE video interview, Hallett VP has warned. Laura Hoyano explains why a tactical decision not to cross-examine a competent vulnerable witness is a risky strategy  

With democracy at risk there’s no excuse for legislative inaction, argue Alison Foster QC, Tom Tabori and Gethin Thomas who make the case for reform and put forward proposals for change  

Clarity for Lawyers: Effective Legal Language (3rd edition) 
Authors: Mark Adler and Daphne Perry
Publisher: Law Society, 270pp
ISBN: 978-1784460488 

The Role of the Circuit Courts in the Formation of United States Law in the Early Republic 
Author: His Honour David Lynch
Publisher: Hart Publishing (2018)
ISBN: 9781509910854 

All proceeds are donated to the Bar Benevolent Fund 

With a name change and new digital platform, Advocate revitalises the Bar’s contribution to access to justice. Chair Sir Robin Knowles CBE explains the rebrand to  Counsel