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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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Short-Term Politics, Long-Term Decline: Britain’s Economic Risk

The UK government’s recent policy direction prioritises immigration controls, digital identity cards, and new pension taxation, failing to address urgent challenges of productivity, investment,...

The Theatre of Justice: Jurisprudential Convergences Between Shakespeare and the Mughals

In seeking cross-cultural intuition on law and justice, few juxtapositions are as arresting as that between the courtroom dramas of William Shakespeare and the...

Defence Considerations on Pre-Trial Litigation in Youth Court Cases Involving Exploitation

The London I grew up in during the early 2000s was very different from what it is now—or so the narrative goes. Still, nearly...

The Intermediate Track – Is Personal Injury Disproportionately Affected and What Can the Bar Do About It?

Personal Injury has its head on the block. Again. Every now and then, one area of law or another seems to be singled out by...

Independent review into bullying and harassment unveils ‘radical’ reforms to tackle ‘unsustainable situation’ at the Bar  

Chair of the review Harriet Harman KC has made 36 recommendations to tackle what she describes as a culture of “impunity” and “collusive...

Bar Council reacts to new Sentencing Bill

As the Government announced the new Sentencing Bill this week, Chair of the Bar, Barbara Mills KC, said: “The Sentencing Bill reflects many proposals put forward...

Honouring Courtenay Griffiths KC: A Towering Figure of Justice and Inspiration

   By Derek Payne , Publishing Director, Barrister Magazine On 23 June 2025, the legal profession lost one of its most formidable, influential, and beloved advocates:...

Avoiding fee disputes: pointers from the Court of Appeal

A recent Court of Appeal decision on direct access highlights important practice points for barristers wanting to protect themselves from loss of income from...

New Guidance on Responding to a Child’s Unexplained Reluctance, Resistance, or Refusal to Spend Time with a Parent:  

In December 2024, the Family Justice Council issued new guidance which details how courts and legal professionals should respond to a child’s unexplained reluctance,...

The Absent Complainant: Analysing the challenges of prosecuting domestic abuse, the fairness of res gestae and why Barton was decided the way it was...

By Michael Ruddick, Pupil Barrister, Crown Prosecution Service  The right to a fair trial has been endlessly commented on by everyone, from the wisest judge...

The self-reporting dilemma:  does new guidance from the Serious Fraud Office clarify the landscape?

One of the key issues for any company which uncovers evidence of criminal wrongdoing in the business will be whether or not to report...

Opening the Bar: The Promise of the Barrister Apprenticeships

In December last year, I had the privilege of hosting three outstanding 18-year-old school leavers for work experience at the Chelmsford Crown Court. I...

Dominating the Competition, but Abusively? The Complaint Against FIFA Explained

Many of us are familiar with the idea of one football team being the dominant force in a national league, take Manchester City in...

Putting  more ‘A’ into ‘ADR’

  By JOHN PUGH-SMITH, Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers Introduction It is an “inconvenient truth” (as the titled 2006 film then described climate change) and litigation reality...

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