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Argent Chambers barrister Jerry Hayes in BBC Question Time nightmare

Hopes were high when it was announced that criminal barrister and former Tory MP Jerry...

10 May 2013 09:44

BSB: Ethics exam that contained mock paper questions is ‘not invalid’

Finally, a month and a half after the infamous Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) ethics...

9 May 2013 15:02

Judicial quote of the week: ‘Don’t be a blockhead’

As he sentenced the actor who voiced Charlie Brown in cartoon Peanuts (for threatening his...

9 May 2013 14:01

Hardwicke Chambers ‘shocked by the views’ of barrister who called for age of consent to be lowered to 13

Yesterday, Spiked published a highly controversial article about Operation Yewtree by Hardwicke Chambers barrister Barbara...

9 May 2013 08:29

Westminster School auctions a mini-pupillage – current bid £750

Struggling to secure work experience in the ultra-competitive environment of the Bar? Well, thanks to...

8 May 2013 16:15

Too much education: why BPP is wrong to damn its graduates to perennial studentdom

A turning point in my life was when I ran out of excuses to do...

8 May 2013 11:14

Dynamo Legal founder’s eyebrows: a Twitter tribute

The new series of The Apprentice began last night, giving the world its first glimpse...

8 May 2013 09:20

Podcast: The fight to protect the brand of ‘solicitor’ from the ABS barbarians

The momentum may be with Alternative Business Structures (ABSs) right now as they pour through...

7 May 2013 13:51

Guildhall Chambers becomes latest set to stop offering criminal pupillages

Bristol-based Guildhall Chambers has followed London set Charter Chambers in withdrawing its criminal pupillage for...

7 May 2013 08:45

‘You pay a price for putting your head above the parapet’

In the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...

3 May 2013 10:52