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Pro Bono Watch
There is an entire industry that has sprung up to advise those applying for Silk, but what they might not have told you is that doing pro bono work is a very good place to start. Laurent... read more
Team dynamics: the barrister/solicitor relationship
Power shift? Grania Langdon-Down investigates the changing nature of legal relations as competition, scale of litigation, legal aid cuts and growth of in-house advocates affect how cases... read more
Paralegals & the Bar
With many able students unable to get pupillages, the Bar is getting wise to the advantages of legal assistants (with important caveats). Gerard McDermott QC explains why he employs law... read more
Flexible working flipsides
How we made flexible working work for us, by Esther Gamble read more
Reflections on the Silk round
Sir Alex Allan, Chair of the QC Selection Panel, offers advice to prospective applicants and four successful candidates from the previous round discuss their lessons learned with Peter... read more
Who judges the judges?
If a barrister experiences bullying from a judge are there remedies available? Who judges the judges and is there somewhere advocates can complain? Judith Trustman puts forward a case for... read more
An extraordinary day in the life of…
If Kim Hollis QC thought her first year as DPP for the British Virgin Islands was an adventure, Hurricanes Irma and Maria swept away not only her house, but the Islands’ prisons and entire criminal... read more
Disclosure in criminal cases: it’s not rocket science
Richard Hearnden argues that the recent controversy around social media disclosure failures in criminal cases can be solved by going back to basics read more
Public trust and confidence: it’s good to talk
In the aftermath of recent disclosure failures, John Warboys release and the case of Poppi Worthington, being able to talk openly is absolutely critical if we are to repair confidence in... read more
Criminal finances & tax evasion: crackdown on corruption
With events such as the Paradise Papers increasing pressure on government to deal with tax evasion, and bodies corporate on the cusp of prosecution, Anthony Eskander explains what’s in... read morePages
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