How to: remain healthy as a chambers

During coronavirus, it is important to keep agile as a chambers and identify survival strategies – with a focus on financial resilience. By Julie Clarke  

18 June 2020 / Julie Clarke

Vulnerability in the remote family court

Remote hearings pose a particular challenge when considering the fair participation of vulnerable individuals 

By Siân Smith  

18 June 2020

Managing chambers through COVID-19

Six key lessons learned during the ‘corona coaster’ so far, including how to build back better. By Rebecca Priestley  

18 June 2020 / Rebecca Priestley

The COVID-19 pandemic and prioritisation of treatment

The potential for a second wave of COVID-19 cases is very real, as is the need for clarity as to how the NHS should respond if demand for limited resources exceeds supply. By Alice Irving  

02 June 2020 / Alice Irving

How safe is face-to-face?

After 60 days of ‘lockdown’, is it now safe to hold face-to-face hearings at court? Glenn Parsons  tests out Leeds Crown Court  

27 May 2020 / Glenn Parsons

Is a pandemic the right time to be thinking about diversity issues at the Bar?

And what adjustments should we retain? Notes on the crisis, gender and the Bar. By Rachel Barrett  


26 May 2020 / Rachel Barrett

Mediation: don’t panic in the pandemic, be prepared

Might fear of the courts being overwhelmed by an anticipated flood of cases, after eventual emergence from lockdown, begin a trend amongst the judiciary to be more proactive in its encouragement of mediation? Colin Manning investigates 

26 May 2020 / Colin Manning

The ethics of remote hearings in the criminal and family courts

Reasons to pause and consider your ethical obligations. By Christopher Convey Martha Gray  and Hari Kaur  of the Bar Council Ethics Committee  

A new role for private prosecutions in the wake of Covid-19?

evin Dent QC  and Jeremy Asher  argue that private prosecutions could fill what will otherwise add up to a significant deficit in justice 

20 May 2020 / Kevin Dent KC / Jeremy Asher

Habeas corpus, the TCI and Covid-19

How are smaller jurisdictions coping with the challenges thrown up by the coronavirus? im Prudhoe  describes how a chance jailhouse referral in the Turks and Caicos Islands led to a ‘remote’ pro bono defence of Sri Lankan detainees caught in the chaos 


20 May 2020 / Tim Prudhoe
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