Make 2026 the year you learn to love Excel. Elizabeth Bowden shares tips, tricks and time-savers in part four of her series
Switching from a physical blue book to OneNote is simple, secure and game-changing, says Elizabeth Bowden – you’ll wonder how you managed without it...
How to build and stress-test your evidence, while steering clear of the common pitfalls that can undermine even the strongest candidates? Paul Secher looks at the core principles behind a compelling silk application
With reputations forged in the marketplace as much as the courtroom, Don Turner examines the sales side of the ‘barrister business’ – including how to avoid own goals and business development as a collective endeavour
With Shakespeare’s birthday upon us, Benet Brandreth KC explores how, four centuries on, the Bard’s mastery of classical rhetoric can still sharpen the tools of modern advocates
If lawyers using AI forget it is just a tool, and stop being ethical responsible lawyers, it will cause mayhem – Flora Page KC explores the legal and ethical pitfalls and offers essential guidance on developing good, safe AI practices in-house
Taking action to make chambers fertility-friendly workspaces, Louise Corfield investigates the wellbeing and EDI issue few people are talking about – and its impact on members of the Bar
The client’s best interests could be well-served by sharing the advocacy with junior counsel more often than you might think – Naomi Cunningham and Charlotte Eves explore some less orthodox ways to divide the speaking role
Responding to criticism on the narrow profile of government-instructed counsel, Mel Nebhrajani CB describes the system-wide change at GLD to drive fairer distribution of work and broader development of talent
Get beyond the buzzwords to drive innovation in your legal practice: a practical primer for barristers by Raquel Vazquez
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Modernising communication and collaboration at a leading Chancery set. A Zexi case study
How to build profile without compromising professional duties. By Naumaan Farooq, Co-Founder of Inked PR
Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, examines the role of cut-off levels, and the wider range of factors that must be considered when interpreting results for family court proceedings
Endometriosis Awareness North, a charity raising awareness of endometriosis and supporting those affected across the North of England, has received a £500 boost from AlphaBiolabs via the company’s Giving Back initiative
A decade of reviews and research has disrupted accepted thinking in the search for causality. Suicides following abuse have overtaken domestic homicides. Is the law keeping up? Professor Susan Edwards KC (Hon) examines recent cases and the obstacles to successful prosecution
The case against judge-only justice and why efficiency is not enough. By Professor Leslie Thomas KC
Heritage as an anchor and a compass, finding our common humanity and embracing the power of the outsider Melina Antoniadis’s lessons learnt
Seeing the full picture Baljit Ubhey OBE outlines the CPS action plan to tackle violence against women and girls, offering insights directly relevant to courtroom practice
Lauren Fullerton examines the how, what and why of setting up a second chambers base