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Looking Beyond The Picture: How To Trust Video Evidence

By David Spreadborough, Certified Forensic Video Analyst I last wrote here for the Easter term of The Barrister in 2018 and honestly, where has the time gone? Considering all the troubles over the last two years though, it is not...

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The Power of Patterns in Forensics

By Professor Angela Gallop CBE, Group CEO at Forensic Access Ltd Patterns can change the...

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As with most things, the cheapest option is not always the best

Price is currently the main deciding factor for the instruction of an expert witness...

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The state of Protest

By Alexander McColl, Pupil Barrister at Garden Court North Chambers Protest is as fundamental to and as inextricable from the foundational principles of liberal democracy...

Three things I wish I had known before joining the Commercial Bar

After a year of pupillage and some months into tenancy, there is still a lot that I do not know about the commercial and...

The use of experts in private children law family disputes involving allegations of parental alienation

By Frankie Shama, barrister, 4PB, London Parental alienation has been defined by the Court of Appeal in Re S (Parental Alienation: Cult) EWCA Civ...

The Public Order Bill: a lesson in legislative irony

The right to peaceful protest is one that we, members of an elective and representative democracy, often take for granted. Its existence constitutes one...

Complaint handling – the Legal Ombudsman’s perspective

What is the Legal Ombudsman? For those who don’t know who we are or what we do, we are the Ombudsman, the independent and impartial...

Access and progression: My journey to the Bar

Francesca Gardner is a barrister at Kings Chamber which operates out of Chambers in Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham. Here she discusses race and social...

Youth Remand and the impact of the PCSC Act 2022

By John-Paul MacNamara, Lecturer, City Law School, Barrister (Door Tenant), 33 Bedford Row Many of us in criminal practice can remember the enactment of LASPO...

The promise of an inheritance: is it enforceable?

By Arabella Adams, Barrister at 5 Stone Buildings It is well known that, in this jurisdiction, individuals enjoy a great deal of testamentary freedom. A...

Getting your chambers fit for the future

By Nigel Wallis, Director, O’Connors Legal Services Limited ‘Building Back Better’ has become the world’s slogan - from budget decisions to carbon emissions. The concept...

Is the public empowered to seek justice when needed?

Before a court case can begin, the victim must feel empowered to take steps against the perpetrator. They need to understand what has happened...

Building a system to protect students from sexual harm

By Ian Brownhill, Barrister, Essex Chambers Experience If you haven’t read the survivor testimonies on, “everyone’s invited”, then I would encourage you to do so. The...

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“We work hard, we get better, we want to help those who want to excel, we want to lead by example and we want...

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