Paul Secher explains how to enhance your chances of appointment
Judicial appointments: is it time to review the competency-based system when you can apply for four competitions with the same self-assessment and get inconsistent feedback? One candidate shares his experience
Amid Brexit and tumultuous parliamentary times, the QC turned MP and new Minister of State for prisons and probation outlines the approach to prisoner places, rehabilitation and rebuilding public trust
Founder of Women in Criminal Law recounts an average day leading in a murder trial and smashing the glass ceiling – at least being the only female silk in a case gets you noticed...
To mark 25 years at the Bar, Counsel asks the silk known for poking the system with a sharp stick for her career highlights, the global challenge post-Jogee and thoughts for the future
Leaving Teesside Crown Court to take some time off, with no idea that he’d done his last case, this advocate is now in pursuit of an astonishing amount of goodwill and generosity for the Zambezi Sunrise Trust: a day in the life
Perhaps in tune with the times, everything seems personal. Have you, or anyone you know, had a problem with online abuse, threats or violence as a result of being at the Bar?
A tribute to a special model: the difference it makes when you realise you work with a group of over 60 individuals who care about each other
We all have an inner critical voice, to a greater or lesser degree. So what is it, how can it affect us as practitioners and how do we become less vulnerable to its impact?
Do you ever wonder whether your accent is holding you back at the Bar? And making a difference in court? Observations from a barrister with an accent
Flexible (UK), plus travel to Home Office in Central London and 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