The working parent challenge is an issue affecting both men and women at the Bar. Ditch the ‘having it all’ myth, define your own version of success and learn how to live with compromise
Meet yourself... in colour. Discovering your own unique blend of energies – and that of others – could help transform strained relationships into productive ones
New requirements for the Bar to publish information about price, service and redress
The cost of employing the staff team is often the largest single element of expenditure for a set of chambers. Are your set’s employees ‘fully engaged’ or are they simply ‘coming to work’? asks Catherine Calder
The international lawyer, academic and prize-winning public intellectual on Donald Trump, climate change and why lawyers should recognise that they are merely a means to an end
Why build a practice over the border? What’s life like as a Court of Appeal judge? Who is the most helpful advocate? Lady Justice Nicola Davies on her career and continuing pride in her home country
The exhilaration and endurance challenge of working to the max as a child abuse public lawyer
Reading a refugee client’s witness statement doesn’t convey the stark realities of their experience. For this barrister, volunteering at RLS Athens has been a life-changing event
Learn the art of saying no without burning bridges or stemming the flow of instructions. By Nikki Alderson
Imagine yourself in a panicked situation, with a ticking clock, trying to manage all your usual commitments whilst facing the possible destruction of your practice and career. Would you know what to do? asks Orlagh Kelly
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Sometimes things go wrong. At the CCRC we work to put them right.
Chair of the Bar finds common ground on legal services between our two jurisdictions, plus an update on jury trials
A £500 donation from AlphaBiolabs has been made to the leading UK charity tackling international parental child abduction and the movement of children across international borders
Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, outlines the drug and alcohol testing options available for family law professionals, and how a new, free guide can help identify the most appropriate testing method for each specific case
By Louise Crush of Westgate Wealth Management
Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, examines the latest ONS data on drug misuse and its implications for toxicology testing in family law cases
An interview with Rob Wagg, CEO of New Park Court Chambers
With at least 31 reports of AI hallucinations in UK legal cases over 800 worldwide and judges using AI to assist in judicial decision-making, the risks and benefits are impossible to ignore. Matthew Lee examines how different jurisdictions are responding
What has changed, and why? Paul Secher unpacks the new standards aligning the recruiting, training and appraising of judges the first major change to the system for ten years
The deprivation of liberty is the most significant power the state can exercise. Drawing on frontline experience, Chris Henley KC explains why replacing trial by jury with judge-only trials risks undermining justice
Baffled by the government’s proposed s 41 reforms and by the Law Commission’s preferred model, Laura Hoyano looks at what won’t work, and what will
Ever wondered what a pupillage is like at the CPS? This Q and A provides an insight into the training, experience and next steps