Legal Personality

Gary Bell KC’s lessons learnt – he wouldn’t practise anywhere else

Marking one year since a Bar disciplinary tribunal dismissed all charges against her, Dr Charlotte Proudman discusses the experience, her formative years and next steps. Interview by Anthony Inglese CB

Baroness Harriet Harman KC has unveiled a bold new blueprint for the Bar to tackle systemic misconduct. In the wake of her report, Lachlan Stewart sits down with Baroness Harman and Barbara Mills KC to explore the review’s impact, the challenges ahead and the crucial next steps 

Oscar Davies shares their lessons learnt

From drafting the law to running the UK’s top court, former barrister Vicky Fox tells Anthony Inglese CB about her fascinating career path, firefighting post- the prorogation ruling and the court’s diversity ambitions

It’s been five years since the groundbreaking QC competition in which six Black women barristers, including the 2025 Chair of the Bar, took silk. Yet today, the number of Black KCs remains ‘critically low’. Desirée Artesi talks to Baroness Scotland KC, Allison Munroe KC and Melanie Simpson KC about the critical success factors, barriers and ideas for embedding change

In the final part of a series celebrating the Bar Pro Bono Award winners, Ramby de Mello and Doughty Street Chambers share the stories behind their awards

Called back to her original vocation, Emma Dixon is now a non-religious healthcare chaplain at Royal Cornwall Hospital. Here are her lessons learnt

Why we do pro bono – in the second part of a series celebrating the 2025 Bar Pro Bono Award winners, Jesse Crozier and Siobhan Samuel share the stories behind their awards

Belonging at the Bar, even if the buildings indicate otherwise – Daniel Holt shares his lessons learnt accessing this ‘beautiful, traditional but often exclusionary’ profession