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Ben Rigby covers the recent pay war at the Bar as Gareth Tilley and James Mather look at a career in Chancery...
04 Feb 2010 | 17:15
Cutting out the middleman
As clients and lawyers alike look to snip off a few excess pounds here and there, it was inevitable that the well-trodden path of referrals between the Bar and instructing solicitors would come under scrutiny. Although the long-hoped-for influx of ...
03 Feb 2010 | 08:23 | 
Barclays litigation team pilots move to build links with chambers
Barclays' in-house litigation team is tightening its relationships with the Bar, with the bank asking select chambers for flexible billing arrangements and value-added services. The banking giant is calling on chambers to take on work using alterna...
28 Jan 2010 | 00:01
Herbert Smith helps Sky to court victory in long-running IT dispute
Herbert Smith has secured a major court victory for BSkyB which could see the broadcaster receive more than £200m in damages from IT supplier Electronic Data Systems (EDS). The long-awaited judgment, handed down by Mr Justice Ramsey in the Technol...
27 Jan 2010 | 13:43
Litigation funder recruits Lightman QC as investments committee chair
Harbour Litigation Fund has strengthened its ranks with the appointment of Mr Justice Gavin Lightman. Lightman, a retired High Court Judge, joined the third party litigation funder at the beginning of the year (1 January) as chairman of its investm...
21 Jan 2010 | 14:21
Bar urges chambers to offer clients a 'one-stop shop' to compete with solicitors
Bar Council chair champions radical proposals to have chambers' business units manage clients directly
13 Jan 2010 | 11:11
Career Clinic: Will a law Masters help me get ahead of the competition?
"I am a third year law student at a top 10 university looking to go into public law at the Bar. I have asked around and it seems that the area I am most interested in, judicial review, is deeply competitive. I've begun to wonder if a Masters in Law wo...
11 Jan 2010 | 11:29
Long-serving Blackstone Chambers QC dies in car accident
Blackstone Chambers is mourning the loss of Sir Ian Brownlie QC, who died in a car accident in Egypt this weekend (3 January). The well-known barrister, who was knighted for services to public international law in June last year, was called to the ...
05 Jan 2010 | 12:11
The highest bidder is…
The recent wave of pupillage salary increases at the top commercial barristers' chambers has certainly caused a stir. It started earlier this year with Essex Court Chambers' decision to increase its pupillage salary from £40,000 to £55,000 from Octo...
04 Jan 2010 | 17:26 |
Worth taking a chance on
To be completely honest, chancery chose me rather than me choosing it. At law school I was keen on a whole load of subjects, but knew I would have to specialise eventually. I didn't begin my university studies with law - I was a musician. But that nev...
04 Jan 2010 | 17:21 |
Chambers of the year
For the judges, Outer Temple Chambers came across as a dynamic, forward-thinking set with a clear strategy, a growing corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme and a commitment to client care. High-profile cases include an important decision ...
08 Dec 2009 | 07:18
City of London Lifetime Achievement Award
The City of London Law Society (CLLS) Lifetime Achievement Award recognises the contribution a senior lawyer has made to the legal profession and the wider community over an entire career. The Right Hon the Lord Collins of Mapesbury receives the CL...
08 Dec 2009 | 07:13
Law, novels and surf trips
Being self-employed has given 1 Temple Gardens barrister Tim Kevan the flexibility to pursue his non-legal passions...One of the joys of the Bar is that you are self-employed and therefore get a lot more freedom over your own destiny than most. For my...
03 Dec 2009 | 00:17
Beresfords duo lose appeal against misconduct charge in miners case
Two lawyers who were found guilty of misconduct a year ago have lost their appeal in the High Court today (2 December). James Beresford and Douglas Smith of Doncaster firm Beresford Solicitors were found guilty of misconduct by the Solicitors Disci...
02 Dec 2009 | 14:43
Crime doesn't pay
Don't go to the Criminal Bar. I can't put it strongly enough. Don't do it. It is a mug's game. Let me try to explain. First, pupillage awards are scandalously low - usually now £10,000 per year, and often your own earnings in your second six months c...
26 Nov 2009 | 02:54
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