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Ceasing to maintain an EHCP for a child of service personnel on deployment abroad: a Court of Appeal test case with wider implications for...

By Holly Littlewood, Barrister, Spire Barristers In the recent case of Hampshire County Council v GC and another EWCA Civ 20, the Court...

Unmatched contributions in financial remedy proceedings

Financial remedy proceedings are concerned with achieving a fair outcome taking into account the factors under Section 25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973....

Phil Golding appointed Director General of the Bar Standards Board

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has appointed Phil Golding to be its new Director General. He will take up the role on 1 July,...

Jury proposals “a cure worse than the disease” – founding head of Doughty Street Chambers, Geoffrey Robertson KC

To coincide with this week’s committee stage of the Courts and Tribunals Bill, which threatens to significantly restrict jury trials, the Bar Council is...

The Bar Standards Board publishes its 2026-27 Business Plan

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has published its annual business plan which details our activities and commitments for 2026-27. The year ahead will see the BSB improve...

Inside a Murder Trial: Reflections from a Mini-Pupil

By Jack Woolcombe I was born in April 2003. He was born in May 2003. I was sitting behind his junior counsel at the Old...

Barristers urge government to deliver specialist courts for sexual and domestic abuse cases, instead of restricting jury trials

Barristers are calling on the government to honour its 2024 manifesto promise and set up specialist sexual and domestic abuse courts, rather than restrict...

Why barristers need to take a stand on jury trials

I first went to watch jury trials at Liverpool Crown Court after a rudimentary 1980s computer careers test informed me, with the kind of...

From Courtroom to Legislature: The dual paths of influence in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland’s most contentious social questions rarely travel down a single track. Again and again, arguments that stall on the floor of the Assembly...

“Ending Inappropriate Workplace Relationships: Toward a Ban on Sexual Relations with Juniors at the Bar”

Examine the proposal to prohibit sexual relations between barristers and trainees or pupils, exploring both its rationale and implications for professional culture. (The Guardian) By...

From Nuanced to Negligible: Ethical Behaviour Among Barristers in Context

The title of this piece was based on a claim made by the Bar Council some time ago, (suggesting the claim predates the pandemic),...

Are you an unwitting sponsor – could you be a more effective conscious sponsor?

How sponsorship helps career development with relatively little effort. At the ICWA garden party in June 2025 Lady Simler’s keynote address contained a powerful call...

Extradition: Women on the run

In my job as an extradition defence barrister I deal with clients who have been arrested because they are sought by another jurisdiction to...

Improving court services for children

It is well known to professionals who work within the children law sphere, that the family court justice system is under substantial pressure. In...

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