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Barrister apprenticeship standard endorsed by Bar Standards Board

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Race at the Bar: time to double down on race equality work, says Bar Council

The Bar Council is calling on individuals,...

The International Criminal Court’s Approach to Disability: Making or Breaking Foundations?

The pursuit of justice within an international...

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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 reversal of the presumption of innocence in compensation claims for those wrongly convicted:  the case of MALKINSON casts a spotlight  

 As Counsel for Mr Malkinson said at the Court of Appeal, this is not just a historic case but a historic injustice  By Leila Taleb​,...

Do Human Rights survive in time of national crisis or war? A Cautionary Tale

By Brian Lett KC, 4 King's Bench Walk I must confess to being a fervent supporter of the European Convention on Human Rights , and...

s.48(a) MCA 2005: should a 25% likelihood of incapacity suffice to make interim orders?

Introduction In the recent case of A Local Authority v LD and RD EWHC 1258 (Fam), Mr Justice Mostyn held that 25% is the...

An introduction to the illegal migration bill

By Susana Ferrín, Pupil Barrister at No5 Barristers’ Chambers ‘Discretionary’ safe and legal routes On 7 March 2023, the British Government introduced the Illegal Migration Bill...

AI, the EU and US

I cannot pretend I know much about AI because whenever I attempt to Youtube my way into the subject, the examples of its potential...

Neurodiversity: Why we need different brains at the bar.

By Sophie Stevens, Pupil Barrister at 9BR Chambers Beating the Stigma: Barristers are often told to put their best point first in advocacy, and you...

Family Law: Early Resolution, Out of Court Settlement and Delay in Family Proceedings

There is a significant backlog of cases in the family courts, both in terms of public and private law family proceedings.  While there has...

Medicine and the law – where criminal and civil law overlap

By Rozhin Shabbak, LLB Law Graduate  Case Law Bawa-Garba v General Medical Council EWCA Civ 1879 As the law stands, doctors are not exempt from gross...

The impact of the Financial Crisis on Divorce

For several months now, families have been feeling the pressure of the financial crisis. As inflation rises, the cost of living has rocketed, and...

Why isn’t mediation used more often in regulatory and public law cases?

By Josef Cannon, barrister and mediator, Cornerstone Barristers Mediation has a remarkable success rate for resolving disputes: the latest research (from the Centre for Effective...

Private prosecutions: The quiet battle against illegal streaming

The world of private prosecutions has taken a bit of a beating. Once hailed as an effective alternative to state prosecutions, they are now...

Use of the Beth Din as a Forum for Determining Civil Disputes

Owing to what many Orthodox Jews regard as a biblical prohibition against litigating their disputes in secular courts, there has developed over many centuries...

Barristers can change the world – but as lawyers not “activists”

A few weeks ago, I was invited to sign the Declaration of Conscience, in which more than 150 barristers pledged not to prosecute climate...

BHD and the Bar: Zero Compromise to Zero Tolerance

At the outset of 2023, I set out five goals for my year as Chair of the Young Bar of England & Wales: 1)...

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