Rating assessment of a barristers’ chambers
Why it matters whether a barrister is in rateable occupation of their room in a set of chambers, or chambers is held to be in rateable occupation. By Clive Moys
View ArticleGenerative AI: Change, opportunity, risk?
Will generative AI significantly impact the work of barristers? Graham Denholm investigates what it might mean for the Bar
View ArticleAligning AI with access to justice
The Bar stands to gain by aligning its use of AI with improvements in access to justice and our working lives, write Harry Hodgkin and Stephen Ward
View ArticleTokyo’s AI mock trial
An elegant experiment – but what does the Tokyo AI mock trial actually show? ask William Blair and Takashi Kubota*
View ArticleAI bias and other risk factors
Discriminatory algorithms, AI hallucinations and data privacy – Sara Ibrahim looks at the key risks for lawyers
View ArticleThe Sri Lanka 7
From false imprisonment to asylum grantee in the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands, the British West Indies –Tim Prudhoe describes the four-year odyssey
View ArticleGreenwashing – how to spot it, and challenge it
Can litigation be used to pressurise businesses to dissemble less, and take environmental matters more seriously? ask David McIlroy and Iain Shipley
View ArticleVoices of the Criminal Bar
Kirsty Brimelow KC introduces the Criminal Bar Association’s new podcast series shining a light on criminal justice and the barristers at its beating heart
View ArticleThe Family Court and domestic abuse
Natasha Isaac speaks to the Domestic Abuse Commissioner Nicole Jacobs to hear first-hand what her hopes are after publication of the critical report calling for cultural change in the Family Court
View ArticleBSB guidance on conduct in non-professional life and on social media
Mark Neale introduces the new Bar Standards Board guidance clarifying how the rules apply and are balanced with human rights considerations
View Article150 years of innovation: why the TCC is world leading
On the Technology and Construction Court’s 150th anniversary, David Sawtell explains how the ORs and the TCC broke new ground
View ArticleIt’s time to change translation
If we switched to simultaneous translation in court, we could speed up hearings, save money and improve access to justice, argues Antony Hook
View ArticleBringing Putin to Justice (1)
In the first of a two-part series considering whether the ICC’s approach is unlawful, James Onalaja explores the issued warrant for sitting heads of state and argues that this is based on a catalogue...
View ArticleGendered bullying and social media
In 2022 Behind the Gown asked the Bar Standards Board to acknowledge online misogyny and sexism. One year on, the regulator’s revised Social Media Guidance doesn’t go far enough in confronting this...
View ArticleWhistling in the wind: the Letby case
Catherine Hobby highlights the dangers of a defensive culture in an organisation and the need for effective protection for whistleblowing
View ArticleConsent and belief in consent
Has Parliament crossed the Rubicon with s 75A of the Serious Crime Act 2015? HHJ Emma Nott and John Simmons examine this statutory precedent that has largely gone unremarked and its wider implications
View ArticleThe judicial afterlife
Patrick O’Brien and Ben Yong on the changing face of judicial retirement
View ArticleRight to strike
The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 introduces unprecedented restrictions on the right to strike. Laurene Veale looks at the Act’s compliance with human rights law and the practical...
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