On the panel tonight are regulars, Carl Gardner and David Allen Green and our guests Cat Griffiths, Editor of The Lawyer and Nichola Higgins, a practising barrister and former Chair of The Young Barristers Committee.
We have five main topics for discussion -
- ABS and disruptives
- Oaths in court
- Judicial Advocacy assessment
- Sun arrests
- Francis FitzGibbon QC statement to Leveson and the value of legal blogging
Listen to the podcast here.
Useful reading:
Francis FitzGibbon QC : Witness statement to the Leveson Inquiry on blogging and ethics
The Guardian: Lord Justice Moses and the 161 criteria
“Judges know the new ratings scheme for advocates is misconceived and over-elaborate. But they don’t want anyone else doing it.”