Justice Matters

Brie Stevens-Hoare KC looks at the range of initiatives aiming to increase diversity in judicial appointments. What’s making the difference? What more needs to be done?

The proscribing of Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act is an assault on the English language and on civil liberties, argues Paul Harris SC, founder of the Bar Human Rights Committee

What can we as individual barristers, and as members of chambers, do to prevent, protect and prosecute VAWG? It is beyond urgent that we answer this question resoundingly and effectively, writes Celestine Greenwood

For over three decades, the Bar Mock Trial Competition has boosted the skills, knowledge and confidence of tens of thousands of state school students – as sixth-form teacher Conor Duffy and Young Citizens’ Akasa Pradhan report

Anon Academic explains why he’s leaving the world of English literature for the Bar – after all, the two are not as far apart as they may first seem...

One year on, Nardeen Némat reflects on the violent disorder in Merseyside following the Southport knife attacks and the collaboration between police, courts and Crown Prosecution Service in bringing a swift end to the riots

Five years on from Brexit, cross-border work is burgeoning and the European Circuit continues its important role in the web of accountability, says Leader Abigail Holt

Tetyana Nesterchuk, reporting from the inaugural Ukraine Law Day, welcomes the start of a 100-year tradition and looks at the future of legal cooperation between the UK and Ukraine

The public is being serially misinformed and there is no constitutional guardrail to prevent it. Sam Fowles explores the ‘dishonesty epidemic’ in British politics and its constitutional implications 

As threats and attacks against lawyers continue to rise, a new international treaty offers a much-needed safeguard. Sarah Kavanagh reports on the landmark convention defending the independence of lawyers and rule of law