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Pay shake-up at criminal Bar could see QCs paid at same level as leading juniors
Criminal silks could see a significant drop in pay to match the rates of leading junior barristers, following recommendations made by the Legal Services Commission (LSC) last week. At a meeting between the LSC and Criminal Bar Association (CBA) las...
28 Sep 2011 | 16:24 | 
Moving on up - the realities of the journey from Bar to bench
As the only High Court appointee from a five-strong round this year to already carry a judicial title, Judge Henry Globe QC marks the exception rather than the rule. Called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1972, Globe started out like most, working w...
22 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Criminal barristers report four-month delays for legal aid payments
Criminal barristers are facing severe delays in the payment of legal aid fees by the Legal Services Commission (LSC), after the body took over responsibility for payments from Her Majesty's Courts Service earlier this year. The LSC, the government ...
19 Sep 2011 | 10:46 |
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High Court judges could be appointed without bench time
Aspiring Chancery High Court judges will be considered straight from private practice for the first time, as part of a bid to widen the pool of Chancery specialists making it to the senior judiciary. The decision, which will affect applications mad...
08 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
The revolution will be televised - why court TV is a good thing
The Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has announced that the ban on broadcasting in courts is to be lifted. Broadcasting will initially be allowed from the Court of Appeal, and the Government will “look to expand” to the Crown Court later. All changes ...
07 Sep 2011 | 09:19
TV cameras to be allowed in law courts for first time, MoJ confirms
The ban on televised court sentencing is to be overturned in an effort to improve public understanding of the justice system, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke announced today (6 September). Clarke said in a statement that the move to allow TV broadcast...
06 Sep 2011 | 15:36 |
Fountain Court QC exits for Keating Chambers
Fountain Court has seen its second silk departure this year, with Veronique Buehrlen QC leaving the set to join Keating Chambers. Buehrlen left Fountain Court last week after 20 years at the chambers. She was called to the Bar in 1991 and took silk la...
18 Aug 2011 | 09:58 |
Matrix and Atkins Thomson advise as Lib Dem deputy launches hacking lawsuit
Matrix Chambers and Atkins Thomson Solicitors have been instructed to represent the latest senior UK politician to bring a legal claim against News International in the phone-hacking saga. Atkins media partner Mark Thomson and Matrix Chambers' Hugh...
11 Aug 2011 | 14:08 |
Rape trials: what needs to change?
Last week I was asked to take part in a radio programme featuring a discussion which I was told was about 'Rape trials: What needs to change?' I couldn't go as, ironically, I was in court making a prosecution speech in a rape. It occurred to me that t...
02 Aug 2011 | 10:24
Matrix QC becomes first Sikh High Court judge in new appointments
Matrix Chambers' Rabinder Singh QC has been appointed as a High Court judge alongside three further appointments to the Queen's Bench Division (QBD). Singh, who will take up his new position from October this year, will be the first Sikh judge to s...
01 Aug 2011 | 09:28 |
39 Essex St QC joins press inquiry as new US firm takes News Corp role
Thirty Nine Essex Street's Robert Jay QC is joining Lord Justice Leveson to advise on the public inquiry into alleged wrongdoing at now-defunct Sunday tabloid, the News of the World (NoW), as well as the wider issue of press regulation. The Cabinet...
29 Jul 2011 | 12:58 |
Jivraj v Hashwani ruling confirms arbitrators are not subject to equality laws
The Supreme Court has handed down a landmark judgment today (27 July) confirming that arbitrators are not employees and therefore fall outside of UK equality laws. The judgment, which overturns a Court of Appeal decision that arbitrators were emplo...
27 Jul 2011 | 15:51 |
Supreme Court Star Wars battle sees key copyright ruling handed down
The Supreme Court has delivered a mixed ruling in the battle between George Lucas's movie empire and a UK prop designer over the sale of the iconic Stormtrooper helmets from the Star Wars films. The Court held that while Lucasfilm can enforce a US ...
27 Jul 2011 | 15:18 |
Five ways to stay sane throughout the pupillage hunt
This has to be the nastiest time of the year for budding barristers. It is hunting season and the prize is one of those coveted pupillages. At the end of April a swarm of hopefuls sent their carefully crafted pupillage applications whizzing off into t...
27 Jul 2011 | 14:20
Raft of firms win related roles as News of the World shuts down
A raft of law firms have been handed roles acting for News International and other affected parties as the publisher yesterday (7 July) announced the shock closure of Sunday newspaper, the News of the World (NoW). The NoW will publish its final iss...
07 Jul 2011 | 18:00 |
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