And what benefits do you want to see? Nikki Alderson shares seven strategies to start the ball rolling…
Dr Anna Colton explains the essential concepts to grasp when devising a mental health and wellbeing policy for chambers and why culture is essential to its success
Sam Thomas investigates the future for chambers under cybersecurity reforms including the Bill promising to be Brexit’s answer to GDPR
‘Every Day Gender Equality’ at Freshfields has changed culture, fostered allyship and triggered other initiatives. Chantelle Nicholas, Jenny Leahy and Rachel Brooks share its key points with the Bar
The BSB’s study into the barrister DCT market – where are we now? By Rupika Madhura and Richard Parnham
Cath Brown sets out the steps chambers can take to make their mentoring schemes more effective and show demonstrable results
It’s easy to overlook this side of practice management; Ann Page sets out the five steps to growing your solicitor client base
By demonstrating business acumen you can quickly build rapport with commercial clients. Here’s a whistlestop guide to developing yours – by Jamie Johnston
Erika Eliasson-Norris explains how governance skills can take commercial barristers to the next level and Sophie Garner describes how dual qualification has benefitted her voluntary work and wider practice
Robin Jackson investigates whether COVID lockdowns and the economic environment have changed what solicitors are seeking from barristers and chambers – and how the Bar can deliver
London plus travel throughout Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The Home Secretary is required to appoint an Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (IRTL) under section 36 of the Terrorism Act 2006 and section 20 of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011.
Update from the Chair of the Bar
AlphaBiolabs has been awarded the contract to provide drug, alcohol, and DNA testing services for Hull City Council, following a rigorous competitive tender process
By Clement Cowley, Partner at The Penny Group
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
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
At least not that way, says Richard Paige
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
Lauren Fullerton examines the how, what and why of setting up a second chambers base