Greater visibility, better career progression, and stamping out bullying and harassment are key recommendations in a new report on ‘Life at the employed Bar’ published by the Bar Council today.
The employed Bar is more diverse, reports higher levels of wellbeing, and experiences greater flexibility and work/life balance than the self-employed Bar. However, the employed Bar also experiences bullying and harassment at similar levels to the whole Bar, has a far lower rate of taking Silk, and expresses some concern...
By Hamizah Manshor, Pupil Barrister, Yusof Halim & Partners
The tenth day of October marks the day we commemorate what is regarded as the World Mental Health Day to raise mental health awareness. In 2022, the theme was to ‘Make...
Recently, dozens of court bundles containing sensitive personal data were leaked on the dark web after cyber criminals hacked into one of the country’s leading law firms.
By Mike Wills, director of strategy and policy at cyber and data security...
One element of their advocacy skills barristers develop on their feet rather than in the classroom is how to deal with expert witnesses, both your own, and the other side’s. I have occupied...
Price is currently the main deciding factor for the instruction of an expert witness instructed in serious criminal cases
By Matthew Jackson BSc (Hons) MEWI MBCS
Director, Senior Forensic Consultant and Expert Witness at Athena...
Greater visibility, better career progression, and stamping out bullying and harassment are key recommendations in a new report on ‘Life at the employed Bar’ published by the Bar Council today.
The employed Bar is more diverse, reports higher levels of wellbeing, and experiences greater flexibility and work/life balance than the self-employed Bar. However, the employed Bar also experiences bullying and harassment at similar levels to the whole Bar, has a far lower rate of taking Silk, and expresses some concern about perceptions of careers at the employed Bar.
The report analyses data on the demographics and working lives of employed barristers in England and Wales, as well as describing their experiences...
Greater visibility, better career progression, and stamping out bullying and harassment are key recommendations in a new report on ‘Life at the employed Bar’...
With the success of the ‘no fault divorce’ campaign and the government commitment to equality of access to civil partnerships, there is an optimism within the family law profession that change is coming.
The Supreme Court decision
On 27 June 2018,...
By Matthew Yates, Partner, Hunters Solicitors
Attorneys vs. deputies
We have all seen it happen. A slow decline in an elderly person's ability to manage finances or look after their personal care. They start to need a bit more help around the house, and decisions become more overwhelming. Family, friends and professionals become more involved in their personal lives, helping to share the responsibilities of looking after finances and dealing with health complications. Often unpaid, they carry on regardless of whether...
Francesca Gardner is a barrister at Kings Chamber which operates out of Chambers in Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham. Here she discusses race and social mobility at the Bar and how far we still...
Greater visibility, better career progression, and stamping out bullying and harassment are key recommendations in a new report on ‘Life at the employed Bar’...
Recently, dozens of court bundles containing sensitive personal data were leaked on the dark web after cyber criminals hacked into one of the country’s...
Francesca Gardner is a barrister at Kings Chamber which operates out of Chambers in Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham. Here she discusses race and social...
