Are conclusions drawn from earnings data at risk of survivorship bias? asks James Hatt
Jemima Coleman and Zoë Leventhal KC on the evolving global movement seeking to reframe how we view nature: to recognise that nature possesses inherent rights and to enshrine these rights in law
Dr Leo Raznovich’s last word to Thomas Roe KC and Andrew O’Kola on their response to his article ‘Privy Council colonialism?’
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
Two decades of championing access to justice and shaping careers in the legal aid field – Christian Weaver and Queenie Sit-Malyali reflect on YLAL’s impact through its guiding principles and personal significance to them
Thomas Roe KC and Andrew O’Kola respond to an article by Dr Leonardo Raznovich (Counsel , October 2025) – ‘Privy Council colonialism? Piercing the constitutional veil’
Despite growing evidence that upskirting can act as a gateway offence uncovering more serious crimes against women and girls, police forces are failing to make full use of their investigative powers – finds Charles Davey
Christina Warner investigates the widespread urban dog culling pre-Morocco 2030, the ‘FIFA factor’ and international implications
Seeking to redress the balance in the UK media’s misrepresentation of human rights, Philip Leach reports on research putting forward a much more evidence-based analysis
Professor Susan Edwards reviews efforts to regulate strangulation and suffocation pornography. Will the s 63(7A)(aa) amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 achieve its statutory purpose?
England and Wales
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The Chair of the Bar reports back
By Kem Kemal, CEO, Henry Dannell
By BSK Financial Planning
Mário Barroso, Head of R&D and Method Development at AlphaBiolabs
Susie Griffin on the admin that keeps barristers from billable work
Clement Cowley, Partner at The Penny Group, explains how global events can influence the performance of pensions and ISAs, and why taking a long-term approach to investing is often the most effective strategy
Kick off your career at the Bar Council’s Pupillage Fair this October it’s one of the most valuable opportunities for aspiring barristers, says Amelia Clegg
Join us on Saturday 21 November 2026 at Leeds Beckett University and see for yourself why the North continues to be an exceptional place to build a career at the Bar
The golden age of advocacy? David Langwallner pays homage to the filmic if contentious barrister Sir Edward Carson and some of his contemporaries
Henry Fingerhut outlines what the Bar Standards Board AI guidance means for early career barristers
Not yet, says Jacob Turner. Regulation, unlike the technology itself, is a domain the legal profession can still control