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Cross-examination by multiple counsel

Henry King and Simon Paul explore how shared cross-examination could expand opportunities for junior trial advocates, with reference to practice in other jurisdictions  

In the course of the discussion at the recent COMBAR North America meeting in Washington DC concerning the expansion of advocacy opportunities for junior counsel – as noted in this issue (see "Mind the gap") – support was expressed for giving junior lawyers discrete issues on which to conduct cross-examination.  

29 June 2015 / Henry King / Simon Paul
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Empty benches

Adrian Jack crunches the numbers on High Court judiciary pay and warns of a looming recruitment catastrophe  

Recruitment to the High Court bench is facing a crisis due to collapsing pay and pension. 

29 June 2015 / Adrian Jack
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Buying-in to unreality, expediency and morality

Paul Marshall asks how safe is the common law from the judiciary 

29 June 2015 / Paul Marshall
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Getting it right

Instead of building on the rights recognised under our constitution and in our history, the Human Rights Act of 1998 side-lined them by importing wholesale into our courts the case law of the European Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg, argues Martin Howe QC.   

Now is the time to bring our rights home – this time properly – he claims, in another article in our series looking at all the issues in this controversial area.. 

29 June 2015 / Martin Howe KC
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A changed landscape

As Rebecca Wilkie steps down as Chief Executive of the Bar Pro Bono Unit, she reflects upon her time there, the Unit’s development and the changed pro bono landscape  

Eight years after taking up the privileged post of Chief Executive at the Bar Pro Bono Unit, the pro bono landscape has changed beyond recognition.  

29 June 2015 / Rebecca Wilkie
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Law in an Unrecognised State

Peter Melleney and Chloé Barton explain the legal system in Somaliland and training the Attorney General’s Office  

Somaliland is a self-declared independent state which is bordered by the Gulf of Aden to the north, Somalia to the East, Ethiopia to the south and west and Djibouti to the north-west.  

29 June 2015 / Peter Melleney / Chloé Barton
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Taking the first step

Chris Quinn on why the Bar needs to get serious about wellbeing ... and how to get training  

Although it has not gained much coverage outside legal circles, the Bar Council recently published a sobering report on health issues afflicting barristers.  

29 June 2015 / Chris Quinn
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Transferable skills

Mark Ellis tells Counsel how a barrister’s training has helped him realise his long-held ambition to become a writer  

When did you join the Bar? 

29 June 2015 / Mark Ellis
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Music review: Lifting the spirits

The renowned composer John Rutter reviews the third Bar Choral Society concert, performed in Temple Church on 10 June  

If the Bar Choral Society didn’t exist, you would have to invent it.  

29 June 2015 / John Rutter CBE

Richard Atkins QC

Silk, St Philips Chambers  

St Philips is a leading multi-disciplinary set with offices in Birmingham, Leeds and London 

29 June 2015
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Heading into summer

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

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