The Bar

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Pressure, performance and stress: a perfect storm

Rebecca Ward and Rick Green examine vicarious trauma and other reasons why lawyers are vulnerable to self-medication with alcohol

Lawyers and alcohol

Psychotherapist Rebecca Ward and barrister Rick Green consider the hard truths of drinking and the legal profession

Lanier Longstaff Hedar and Roberts brings first UK group action over talcum powder  

The firm's founder secured a $4.7bn ruling against Johnson & Johnson in the US

The not so secret barrister: Dave Fendem’s Dirty Briefs

Chaynee Hodgetts reviews the anonymous criminal defence barrister's new book

How the light gets in

In our November 2022 Foreword, Chaynee Hodgetts considers a new season…

Research reveals women in legal profession still face work life balance challenges

Half of women in the profession believe they are treated differently at work to men with children

Barristers or baristas: life for junior criminal defence counsel on strike

Chaynee Hodgetts shares one story of junior criminal barristers' uncertain future

Criminal barristers end strike after government U-turn on pay

Despite suspension of the strike, concerns over the justice system remain