Practice Toolset

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 

Robin Jackson investigates whether COVID lockdowns and the economic environment have changed what solicitors are seeking from barristers and chambers – and how the Bar can deliver

Empathy skills are much easier to implement long-term when we feel psychologically safe and well ourselves. Carolyn Cleveland’s three foundations for sustainable upskilling 

How to effectively interact with trans people throughout the justice system? Reagan Persaud’s guide for fellow practitioners

The new Chair of the Bar Council’s Employed Barristers’ Committee Stuart Alford KC busts some myths, sets out key challenges for today’s Employed Bar and the priorities for the year ahead

In this practical guide, Amanda Bewley applies Dr Ginsburg’s ‘seven Cs’ to the world of the Bar to help you test and improve your resilience level

Ready for more stability or a new challenge? Barrister consultant Kevin Harris and barrister secondee Siân Beaven on the benefits of new work streams

Much like an aircraft’s flight recorder, data from a vehicle’s electronic control unit could form an important component of evidence in a case. Rina-Marie Hill introduces this relatively new field of forensics

Simon McCrum sets out 13 golden rules that will ultimately ensure failure of a set and then – turning the tables – pointers for creating a sustainable future