Features

Given time, investment, uniformity of procedure, changes to working habits and an approach that makes the most of the medium rather than trying to ‘hold ground’, Joseff Morgan  considers whether remote working could create a better court system for all

Rudeness in the robing room, sledging tactics and the unkindness of strangers when you’re newly called. Rehna Azim on bullying at the Bar and what you can do about it  

Zealots bent on upsetting the constitutional applecart or the only friends we have? And what is the alternative? Thomas Grant QC  takes a look at the Independent Review of Administrative Law, its context and the charges against the senior judiciary

Microaggressions in court and everyday racism: what white colleagues don’t have to put up with and a 10-step plan for improving diversity and inclusion. By Professor Leslie Thomas QC 

The legendary Twelve Angry Men is not a film about lawyers per se but the machinations of trial by jury, presently under threat in this jurisdiction. An analysis by David Langwallner 

A barrister, a comedian and a deputy lieutenant log onto a Zoom call... how Bradford found a way to keep laughing through lockdown. By Lydia Pearce 

Just when things were getting back to abnormal

The proud Northener and ardent law reformer talks to Anthony Inglese CB  about her early years as a company law barrister, custom and practice at the Supreme Court, and supporting the ambition of women and underrepresented groups at the Bar

Recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for her services to diversity in the workplace, social mobility and law, Sally Penni MBE  talks about her projects outside the courtroom and her driving forces

With stricter quarantining restrictions being imposed up and down the country, those in the criminal justice system must be more vigilant than ever against HBV, write Riel Karmy-Jones QC  and Nicholas Hall  examining the case of Banaz Mahmod, recently dramatized for ITV, its wider impact and heightened relevance today