Outspoken and unafraid
Lucy Barbet's top tips on how to plan, communicate and execute a career break, and get your practice up and running again quickly
A rose by any other name? Language matters not only when giving references but in all aspects of our work as lawyers, writes Rachel Barrett : recognising unconscious bias and the importance of gender-fair word choices
The Bar Council’s plans to accelerate progress (or at least shift away from reverse) in diversity and fair work distribution across the Bar. By Sam Mercer
Retaining experience or stifling diversity and preserving inequality? An analysis of the BAME impact of the consultation - have your say before it closes on 16 October 2020
Now open - COIC welcomes applications for matched funding for 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 pupillages
A two-part series from Laura Hoyano and John Riley modelling investigation and prosecution strategies in cases of abusive relationship offending: part two of this worked case example looks at the issues arising at trial
How men dress – as we return to business wear, David Hughes draws style tips for the Bar from James Bond and other jurisdictions
Tim Naylor, Director of Integrity and Regulation at the British Horseracing Authority (call 2010), reveals why he moved from the criminal to employed Bar, what it's like working in a sports governing body, and the story behind his award
From criminal Bar, to 'big fraud' at the SFO, to international law firm - Patrick Rappo, Partner in DLA Piper UK LLP's Corporate Crime and Regulatory Investigations Group (call 1995) charts his career moves and shares the highlights of working at the employed Bar
Chair of the Bar Sam Townend KC encourages colleagues to take a proper break over summer and highlights recent events and key activities for autumn
Cayman Island
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Cayman Islands Government, is currently inviting applications
Casedo explains how to hit the ground running on your next case with a four-step plan to transform the way you work
Your future self will thank you, says Louise Crush of Westgate Wealth
In the first of a new series, Louise Crush of Westgate Wealth considers the fundamental need for financial protection
Unlocking your aged debt to fund your tax in one easy step. By Philip N Bristow
Possibly, but many barristers are glad he did…
Britain needs to get over its shameful denial of racism, call it what it is and start to effectively deal with the problem, says Vithyah Chelvam
Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice since January 2021, is well known for his passion for access to justice and all things digital. Perhaps less widely known is the driven personality and wanderlust that lies behind this, as Anthony Inglese CB discovers
Stephen Mason sets out how the legal presumption, which exposed widespread misunderstanding about the nature of computer failures and caused serious widespread injustice, came into effect
Art, including music, should be protected as a fundamental form of freedom of expression and not used to unfairly implicate individuals, argues Ifẹ Thompson
Jasvir Singh trails this summer’s celebrations, open to all and with the theme ‘Free to Be Me’, by focusing on the diversity of South Asian heritage barristers and judges, and the trailblazers who led the way