All The Bar articles – Page 7
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NewsLawyers rally round top QC under fire for taking Cayman case
Dinah Rose QC is appearing for the Cayman government in a case concerning same-sex marriage.
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NewsBar misconduct sanctions under review
BSB data indicates that diversity at the bar improved over the past year.
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NewsChambers condemns barrister's 'stroppy teenager of colour' tweet
Cornerstone Barristers says it has begun an 'urgent internal investigation'.
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FeatureEnid Rosser: ‘Unduly egotistical’
The first woman barrister to be instructed (as a pupil) in a murder trial.
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NewsDebt and part-time jobs: barristers ‘at breaking point’
A quarter of respondents taking on outside work as income collapses.
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NewsQC instructed for Hong Kong prosecution steps down
David Perry QC was due to act for the Hong Kong government next month in the trial of nine pro-democracy campaigners.
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NewsCivil legal aid 'running on empty', says Bar Council
Report laments the closure of high street solicitors firms and legal advice centres.
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NewsLawyers condemn QC prosecuting pro-democracy activists
David Perry QC will represent the Hong Kong government at trial next month.
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NewsInvestigation starts into barrister who broke SC ruling embargo
Tim Crosland has seven days to provide representations to the attorney general.
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NewsBacklash after law school refuses to move exam online
BPP’s professional ethics exam is due to take place in-person on Friday, despite pleas from students.
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NewsFive City solicitors among latest QC appointments
Some 116 lawyers will take silk in 2021 in a delayed ceremony, up from 114 last year.
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NewsSupreme Court refers 'disobedient' barrister to AG over embargo breach
Tim Crosland says he leaked Heathrow third runway judgment 'as an act of civil disobedience'.
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OpinionThe pandemic’s impact on legal education
There are suggestions that, post-pandemic, legal skills should include data analysis, design, maths, prediction and risk management - to name a few.
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NewsBar instructs lawyers to fight Covid-19 operating hours plan
Heavyweight firm representing the Criminal Bar Association has also written to the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
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NewsCommercial chambers to pay for criminal pupillages
Eight commercial chambers have signed up to a Bar Council scheme to support criminal sets in the wake of the pandemic.
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NewsThe Times pays up over barrister's libel claim
Practitioner said she was defamed by a 2017 article which reported untrue complaints to the regulator.
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NewsLaw charities report surge in struggling practitioners
A quarter of The Solicitors’ Charity’s emergency Covid fund has now been handed out to members of the profession.
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NewsUpskirting 'not a serious sexual offence' bar tribunal guidelines state
Disciplinary tribunal publishes reasons behind six-month suspension for upskirting barrister.
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NewsProfession condemns 'appalling' trolling of defence lawyer
Barrister who defended killer of seven-year-old Emily Jones was targeted online at the weekend.
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NewsCriminal barristers ‘will take action’ over Covid operating hours
Criminal Bar Association accuses HMCTS of breaching Equality Act 2010 over controversial court proposals.