The Bar

Articles

19 Aug 2016

Valuing diversity increasingly important for lawyers

UK Diversity Legal Awards enters seventh year as profession strives for greater inclusion

15 Aug 2016

Queen's Counsel | August 17, 1878

A correspondent of the Times has plunged, apparently a propos de rien, into the thrilling question of "The social rank of Queen's Counsel."

15 Aug 2016

Mental health and the criminal justice system

For those who work at the coalface of the criminal justice system, it is becoming quite clear that more and more people suffering from mental health problems are being prosecuted and brought before the courts for a range of criminal allegations.

15 Aug 2016

Old repairing issues considered anew

Timothy Fancourt QC and Nathaniel Duckworth consider the decision in Edwards v Kumarasamy on the scope of a landlord's repairing obligations

12 Aug 2016

Taking liberties

The UK should preserve its ECHR status at a time of global political unrest and set an example to countries facing human rights abuses

11 Aug 2016

Government must find solution for open-ended sentences

Change the release test and remove 'life licences' to remedy 'seriously flawed system', say prison reform charities

10 Aug 2016

Protecting conversations between employer and employee

The difference between without prejudice privilege and the protection afforded by section 111A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 is significant, explains Sean Jones QC

8 Aug 2016

Yes minister, but 'audi alteram partem

The Court of Appeal's guidance on lobbying by MPs is a must read for ministers exercising a quasi-judicial function, says Isabella Tafur