Legal Personality

In this wide-ranging interview, Professor Jo Delahunty KC, Family Law KC of the Year, talks to Anthony Inglese CB about the values that shaped her, the moment she found her vocation and, in an intensely personal call to arms, why time is running out for the legal aid Bar 

What qualities does a modern-day barrister need? Caroline Goodwin KC, Leader of the North Eastern Circuit, and former Chair of the Criminal Bar Association, shares her lessons learnt 

A career shaped by advocacy beyond her practice, and the realities of living with an invisible disability – Dr Natasha Shotunde, Black Barristers’ Network Co-Founder and its Chair for seven years, reflects on a decade at the Bar  

Leaving her life as a partner in a law firm to start out as a pupil at the Bar: Oluwapelumi Amanda Adeola shares lessons learnt in transfer 

The white-collar criminal and civil silk Jonathan Fisher KC, Independent Reviewer of Disclosure and Fraud Offences, advocates modernising the disclosure regime and harnessing AI to reduce the court backlog. He tells Anthony Inglese CB about his career path and conclusions of his review 

Aim higher, earlier, deploy social media productively and pay it forward – Sarah Magill’s lessons learnt building a career at the Bar 

There is far more to Martyn Levett than the title of Resident Judge suggests, discovers Steven Ball. As a long-serving Honorary Recorder of Ipswich – a role that embodies the connection between civic life and the legal world – Judge Levett reflects on his community, charity work and criminal justice today 

The appointments of 96 new King’s Counsel (also known as silk) are announced today 

In conversation with Frances Gibb, Kirsty Brimelow KC outlines an ambitious reform agenda for her term, spanning issues from child justice to Bar culture. Yet she leaves no doubt about her immediate priorities: protecting jury trials and securing urgent funding for the justice system 

Stephanie Harrison KC reflects on 35 years as a legal aid practitioner and some of the very real dangers of not learning lessons from the past