From balance and boundaries to confidence and clerks’ rooms, Nikki Alderson shines a light on the challenges encountered by working parents well beyond the initial career break return – and strategies to overcome them
Whether you’re drafting policies or exploring this way of working yourself, James Whiting and Sian Wilkins share insights to guide your approach
‘By some miracle, you got it.’ Baldip Singh examines why success can provoke such discomfort and what to do about it
Looking to streamline your workflow with tools you already use? In the first part of her practical new series for Counsel , Elizabeth Bowden starts with MS Word time-savers that can make life as a barrister noticeably easier
Ashley Thompson gives new tenants a head start with this compilation of advice, tips and tools – from getting an accountant to all things court
Feeling emotionally drained? Try these five replenishing strategies, says Wendy Showell Nicholas, the BACP accredited psychotherapist supporting the North Eastern Circuit
Practical steps, strategic moves and professional networks to help you build a sustainable and impactful practice in this field. A guide by Michael Herz
In the third part of the KC Selection Panel series, Monisha Shah and Dame Anne Rafferty discuss Competency A: ‘Understanding and Using the Law’ and the ways in which applicants – and assessors – can evidence excellence
A step-by-step guide for chambers. By Julie Norris and Imogen Roberts
Despite increased awareness, why are AI hallucinations continuing to infiltrate court cases at an alarming rate? Matthew Lee investigates
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Update from the Chair of the Bar
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
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
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