It isn’t just the High Courts that are set for a busy year, with both the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court set to hear a range of cases, involving the likes of the Iranian Ministry of Defence, Secretary of State for the Home Department, Sports Direct and Mastercard. There’s plenty of work to go […]
The Lawyer’s annual synopsis of the cases to watch is here; featuring a Hollywood libel dispute, AI-related rows and a mammoth banking claim over forex.
Following The Lawyer’s analysis of gender instructions at the Bar, the Employment Lawyers Association is calling on firms to join its monitoring scheme.
The number of new QCs has increased by five per cent this year, with Fountain Court and Blackstone adding to their roster of silks, as well as two magic circle firms. A total of 114 new QCs were announced today, from 258 applicants, with the percentage of women falling by two following last year’s 28 […]
A Garden Court barrister is launching legal action against the Metropolitan Police after he was arrested at a university hospital protest this week. Franck Magennis was attending a protest at London’s St George’s University hospital when police officers arrested him. He was showing support for security guards at the hospital, who are on strike in […]
Despite successfully winning Samira Ahmed’s landmark discrimination case today, Matrix Chambers has also lost two of its barristers this week to Essex Court. Alison Macdonald QC and Angeline Welsh have both decamped to join magic circle set Essex Court. This comes just days after Henderson Chambers announced Jason Housden will be joining as its new […]
Social media platforms are a source of danger from the professional conduct point of view, which may be why the BSB keeps revising and reissuing social media guidance.
Following David Foxton QC’s elevation to the High Court, Essex Court has now confirmed its new joint heads of chambers, with Joe Smouha QC and Huw Davies QC set to take over the reins. The pair’s appointment at the magic circle set will come into full effect as of 10 January, as they prepare to […]
Blackstone Chambers has started work on its expansion, as it takes over 1 and 2 Garden Court’s previous offices and will now be neighbours with Fountain Court. The magic circle set has been over capacity for several years, with 28 barristers relocated to space on Essex Street 18 months ago. The new expansion will allow […]
One Essex Court has snagged two silks from Pump Court Tax Chambers, as the magic circle set expands its tax disputes practice. Julian Ghosh QC and Jonathan Bremner QC have made the move to One Essex after 26 and 13 years respectively at the specialist tax chambers. This brings One Essex Court’s total silk headcount […]
Extinction Rebellion has been out in force this week, with members of the legal profession lending their support to the cause. This is what Brick Court’s Richard Lord QC had to say at the gathering outside the Royal Courts of Justice. We are standing in a place steeped in legal history, where for centuries notions […]
The Judiciary of England and Wales has teamed up with King’s College London to design an online course to increase the public’s understanding of the role of judges. ‘The Modern Judiciary: Who they are, what they do and why it matters‘ is a Massive, Open, Online Course or MOOC, is free of charge and open to […]
Questions are being raised over why a newly-qualified barrister, who is not listed on any of the Attorney General’s panels, was drafted into the government’s legal team for the historic Brexit case against Gina Miller. The most junior member of the Prime Minister’s counsel and a former associate of Dominic Cummings at Vote Leave, Richard […]
Regardless of this morning’s outcome, it was Blackstone Chambers that was the real winner in this curious case of Parliament prorogation, with a huge cast of barristers instructed on both sides of the table. Two years on from their initial Brexit battle, Blackstone’s Lord Pannick QC and James Eadie QC were facing off once again, […]
A public law barrister at Matrix Chambers has accused the Home Office of “detonating lives” in the wake of a report into how the UK Government handled allegations that international students had cheated in its English language tests. The Commons Select Committee carried out an inquiry into what happened over five years ago when the […]
After prorogation of Parliament was deemed unlawful by the Scottish courts on Wednesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now facing another Brexit battle north of the border against Balfour & Manson and Jolyon Maugham QC’s Good Law Project. This is part of a new injunction brought by the founder of green energy company Ecotricity, Dale […]
A Stewarts partner has been appointed as an employment judge by the Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland QC.
Ahead of Gina Miller’s High Court hearing against Prime Minister Boris Johnson today, here’s a list of all the key individuals involved.
A Monckton Chambers silk has taken to Twitter to explain an important disclosure point which will affect the legal challenge against the government’s suspension of Parliament. The Lawyer revealed yesterday that Mishcon de Reya had lodged a legal injunction on behalf of businesswomen and anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller, to prevent the UK Government from shutting down […]
Essex Court’s Martin Griffiths QC has become the latest silk to be appointed to the High Court, with his position set to officially take effect on 1 October 2019. In addition to possessing many clients in the financial and banking world, Griffiths also specialises in commercial law and has case experience in sport, media and […]
A Doughty Street Chambers barrister has resigned from the set amid allegations that he was connected to a Twitter account that harassed people involved in the Labour antisemitism issue. In a Twitter thread posted by Doughty Street human rights barrister Adam Wagner, it is revealed that his former Doughty Street colleague Daniel Bennett has resigned […]
Commercial set Twenty Essex has hired a barrister from Walkers to add to its civil fraud and asset tracing team. Sarah Tresman has spent three years as a litigation lawyer in the Cayman Islands. Previously she was a barrister at Twenty Essex for seven years, where she began her career. She returns to the chambers […]
The High Court today announced the appointment of seven justices, including barristers from Blackstone Chambers and Brick Court. The appointments are due to take effect from September, with a further 10 appointments due to be announced later this year. The silks will fill vacancies in the High Court following promotions to the Court of Appeal […]
The speed-networking style events are designed to ensure that lawyers at the firm develop connections with a broader range of barristers and to encourage chambers to present a more diverse bench.
Essex Court Chambers has expanded its commercial and chancery practice with the arrival of a barrister from Erskine Chambers. The set, crowned Chambers of the Year at The Lawyer Awards last week, has hired Tim Akkouh. Akkouh was called to the Bar in 2004 and will add substantial experience to the set’s civil fraud and […]
The poor pipeline of female employment silk applications isn’t due to shyness or lack of ability; it’s structural.
Is the system conspiring against female barristers? We weigh up the evidence, using data on cases at both the Employment Appeals Tribunal and the Court of Appeal
London is rich in talent at the bar, and the sets shortlisted for this year’s Chambers of the Year category have shown considerable acumen in growing their businesses. Commercial and employment set 11KBW has seen significant financial growth over the past five years, with a particularly strong performance in 2018 when it predicted an increase […]
