Joining forces to fight crime might seem like a no-brainer – however, John Binns, financial crime partner at BCL Solicitors considers that the new working arrangements between the UK and…
Solicitors Jane Chanot (Director) and Holly Crook of The Family Law Company consider the current overload within the court system and how ADR could help ease the backlog. Everyone…
Definition of unconscious bias Unconscious bias happens by our brains making incredibly quick judgments and assessments of people and situations. Your unconscious brain processes information 200,000 times faster than your conscious mind. It…
Once upon a time, if an individual was completing a qualifying law degree, it undoubtedly signified that they were intending to go on and sit professional examinations to be a…
The Defamation Act 2013 (“the Act”) marked an attempt to codify some of the pre-existing common law. However, this process has been criticised as potentially introducing further uncertainty. Some of…
Traditionally a barristers’ business development has been squarely focused on winning new cases. Obviously, the type of work is pretty much set by your and/or the specialisms of your chambers. …
Professor Glauco De Vita is a Professor of International Business Economics in the Centre for Business in Society (CBiS) at Coventry University. His expertise spans areas of international trade, international finance and energy…
After a sensational trial at the Lancaster assizes in 1612, the talk of the country was not the judges, advocates, witnesses, or defendants. It was the court clerk. Master Thomas…
Chambers based in and round the Inns of Court have been the heart and home for sets of barristers for hundreds of years. The leafy and ornate setting of London’s…
An independent review of legal aid by a cross-party group of MPs and peers delivered its highly anticipated report last October, and it did not make for happy reading. The…
Founder and director of the South Sudan Women with Disabilities Network, Caroline Atim, made history on 02 April 2021. As the first deaf woman to address the security council during…
On the 18th January 2022 the Ministry of Justice issued a press release which led to a wide array of reactions from all corners of the Criminal Justice System. The…
