Who are these inappropriate, unhelpful lawyers who don’t get that inquests are inquisitorial? Stand up anyone acting for families...
Fair, transparent and convenient? What you need to know about China’s new International Commercial Court
In states where the rule of law is fragile, the presence of an international trial observer can make the difference: a recent experience at the ‘12 Apostles’ trial in Colombia
Lack of compliance and oversight: the need for caution and eternal vigilance
Women have made immense strides in the profession, but we need to keep talking about the prejudices that women face in the content of our laws, and the prejudices that women in the profession can face in getting senior roles
A fragment of legal history may soon be passing out of the country: the judge’s copy of the book at the centre of one of Britain’s most infamous trials – annotated by his wife – who deserves her own footnote in legal history
In the 2019 Reith Lectures Lord Sumption argues that law is taking over the space once occupied by politics. Is it really the time and the place for reduced accountability to the law?
The serious human rights and equality questions raised by the tragedy have been specifically analysed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in a parallel project to the public inquiry
Anthony Heaton-Armstrong takes the opportunity of retirement to reflect on the good, the bad and the ugly of his 45 years in practice at the criminal Bar
Beware unintended consequences: billed as the biggest change to the private rental sector in a generation, could abolishing section 21 no-fault evictions end up harming the very people it is intended to help?
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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