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Gifts and Grudges in the Financial Remedies Court

 By Julia Townend, Barrister at 4PB  Advances of...

Crisis at the Criminal Bar – a Law Student’s Perspective.

As a law student, witnessing the continuing...

Bar Standards Board publishes annual report on diversity of its workforce

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has published...

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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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“I cannot reveal my sources”: R (LXP) v Central Criminal Court [2023] EWHC 2824 (Admin)

By Anthony James, criminal and regulatory barrister at Mountford Chambers. On 10 November 2023, the High Court handed down a decision regarding the legality of...

“A timely reminder: Risk Identification and Mitigation”

   I often, as many of us do, find myself talking to a parent in conference. So often I hear myself saying to clients that...

Bar Council commits to address inappropriate behaviour at the Bar

The Bar Council has published new research findings showing increasing numbers of barristers have had their professional lives made more difficult because of inappropriate...

A positive professional identity: Maximising your legal career & well-being

By Rachel Spearing, Barrister at Serjeants’ Inn Chambers and Visiting Fellow of Bond University in Australia Globally the legal profession has become increasingly aware that...

The Secret of Good Advocacy: Show Don’t Tell

  By Alexander Chandler KC Barristers who sit part-time as judges gain several advantages: an insight into the workings of the court system, an understanding of...

Barristers support Black History Month with historic play

Barristers on the Northern Circuit are marking Black History Month by supporting a historic play at St George’s Hall in Liverpool. Just An Ordinary Lawyer is...

We are All Trudi Warner! Promoting the Rights of Jurors in the Twenty First Century

By Richard Vogler, Professor of Comparative Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, University of Sussex George Orwell noticed the tendency of repressive law to degenerate into...

AI the EU and US – Part 2-The Deep Fake

By Professor Mark Engelman, Barrister, 4-5 Gray's Inn Square One of the world’s all-time impostors was Arthur Orton, aka Thomas Castro. He was a butcher...

The role of AI in the legal profession

Before we seek legal advice from an AI-fuelled robot lawyer, we need to ensure there are moral, ethical and bias guidelines in place, says...

“A Whole Life Order on Each and Every Offence”: The Unprecedented Implication of Lucy Letby’s Whole Life Orders

By Fee Robinson, London School of Economics  Introduction On the 21st of August 2023 Lucy Letby was sentenced for the murders of seven babies, and the...

“You’ll never make it as a Barrister…”

By Kevin Athow, Employed Barrister, and General Counsel at BSH Home Appliances Ltd I wonder how many people have heard that phrase and have been...

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...

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