With a new generation of barristers seeking out more ways to enhance their skillset, are ‘traditional’ barristers in danger of losing out? asks Orlagh Kelly
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
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This appointment is intended to be transitioned to the first Director to lead an independent Department of Public Prosecution.
Update from the Chair of the Bar
By David Green
Mário Barroso, Head of R&D and Method Development at AlphaBiolabs, examines the forensic science underpinning hair drug testing, its evidential scope and limitations, and why it remains the gold standard for evidencing patterns of drug use in family proceedings
Unlocking your aged debt to fund your tax in one easy step. By Philip N Bristow
Clement Cowley, Partner at The Penny Group, discusses the upcoming changes to pensions and Inheritance Tax and the potential impact on your financial future
Save the Children UK is the latest charity to benefit from a £500 donation from AlphaBiolabs via the company’s Giving Back initiative
James McNeill Whistler at Tate Britain until 27 September Rothko in Florence at Palazzo Strozzi until 23 August Reviewed by Stephen Cragg KC
The Chief Legal Officer to the Metropolitan Police, barrister Brett Welch, tells Anthony Inglese CB about his mission and the work to turn the Met around
Barrister apprenticeships shortly to provide the fourth pathway to the Bar are an ideal opportunity to support local talent and ‘grow your own’, say Tim Coulson and Dr Jane Dennehy
Grok around and find out or not? Mariya Peykova investigates the nudification scandal, what the law has to say about sexually explicit deepfakes, and whether stronger regulation is needed
Oliver Lewis spotlights an overlooked yet rapidly evolving area of law coercive and controlling behaviour within care contexts