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Abolishing jury trial in complex fraud

Resolution of the criminal justice crisis does not lie in reheating old ideas that have been roundly rejected before, say Ed Vickers KC, Faras Baloch and Katie Bacon 

16 January 2026 / Faras Baloch / Ed Vickers KC / Katie Bacon
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A system in crisis

Why after so much time and so much investigation are maternity and neonatal services still failing? ask Sara Sutherland and Anna Mills Morgan

16 January 2026 / Sara Sutherland / Anna Mills Morgan
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Joint enterprise on trial

Six months of court observation at the Old Bailey: APPEAL’s Dr Nisha Waller and Tehreem Sultan report their findings on prosecution practices under joint enterprise

20 October 2025 / Dr Nisha Waller / Tehreem Sultan
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Privy Council colonialism? Piercing the constitutional veil

Why were some Caribbean nations given such dramatically different constitutional frameworks when they gained independence from the UK? Dr Leonardo Raznovich examines the controversial savings clause

20 October 2025 / Dr Leonardo Raznovich
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Is the KC ladder built only with certain bodies in mind?

Many disabled barristers face entrenched obstacles to KC appointment – both procedural and systemic, writes Diego F Soto-Miranda

08 September 2025 / Diego F Soto-Miranda
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Why proscription of Palestine Action is a mistake

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

08 September 2025 / Paul Harris SC
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Intersectionality and earnings

From a ‘difficult woman with attitude’ to a ‘rainmaker’ – Paramjit Ahluwalia talks about her experience of intersectionality at the Bar, examines the data on disparity of earnings and presents the potential for change 

10 March 2025 / Paramjit Ahluwalia
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Free Chow Hang Tung

Britain must not forget its legal responsibilities to Hong Kong, writes former Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Paul Harris 

06 March 2025 / Paul Harris SC
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BSB update on the Equality Rules consultation

Mark Neale, Director General of the Bar Standards Board, offers an update on the Equality Rules consultation

20 November 2024 / Mark Neale
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Should the BSB impose a positive duty to promote diversity?

Imposing a professional obligation to act in a way that advances equality, diversity and inclusion is the wrong way to achieve this ambition, says Nick Vineall KC 

11 November 2024 / Nick Vineall KC
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