Guest blog: Life as a disabled barrister
Barrister, Sarah Phillimore guest blogs on the challenges faced as a disabled barrister and how the physical environment of most courts, and the journeys to them, act as a barrier to the physically disabled.
Bar Council reaction to the King’s Speech
The Bar Council has called for urgent additional funding for the justice system.
Revealed: Winners of the Bar Council Legal Reporting Awards 2021
The winners of the Bar Council Legal Reporting Awards 2021.
IWD22: The International Day of Women Judges
Justice Maura McGowan DBE sheds light on the links between Afghan and UK judges.
General Council of the Bar 2023/24 Practising Certificate Fees and budget consultation
The General Council of the Bar has published its 2023/24 Practising Certificate Fees (PCF) and budget for consultation.
Bar Council welcomes fixed recoverable costs uprating in 2024
The Lord Chancellor is also considering regular inflation increases
Red Lion Chambers & #IAmTheBar 'open doors' to the Bar
Highlights from the first of an innovative approach to making the profession more socially mobile
More than just the courtroom: what I learnt behind the Bar
A winner of our Bar Placement Scheme blog competition, Meerab Basit, shares her experience and how she's come to realise that being a barrister is not about who speaks the loudest, but about the one who speaks with reason, conviction, and an understanding of the people they represent.