Opinion

From a ‘difficult woman with attitude’ to a ‘rainmaker’ – Paramjit Ahluwalia talks about her experience of intersectionality at the Bar, examines the data on disparity of earnings and presents the potential for change 

Britain must not forget its legal responsibilities to Hong Kong, writes former Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Paul Harris 

Mark Neale, Director General of the Bar Standards Board, offers an update on the Equality Rules consultation

Imposing a professional obligation to act in a way that advances equality, diversity and inclusion is the wrong way to achieve this ambition, says Nick Vineall KC 

The desire to enlarge the scope of the rule of law is understandable but where is the line to be drawn? asks Raymond Wacks 

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 

Yaa Dankwa Ampadu-Sackey shares some observations from a practitioner’s perspective on the shortage of Qualified Legal Representatives 

Nature-related risks including climate change should be firmly on board agendas, say Sharif A. Shivji KC, Rebecca Stubbs KC, James Burton, Karl Anderson and Hossein Sharafi who have conducted a landmark review of directors’ duties under English law

If we can understand class at the Bar more accurately, we will be more effective when analysing – and combatting – classism, says Alex Benn

Reality or pipe dream? Drawing on personal experience fighting grand corruption in Nigeria, Dr Charles Adeogun-Phillips makes the case for an international anti-corruption court (IACC)