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It’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week!

To mark the occasion, we finally launched our new website 🎉✨

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The Lady Chief Justice said without the cab rank rule “law and justice become an arbitrary concept” at the Kalisher Lecture yesterday.

Baroness Carr is one of the keynote speakers at our Bar Conference on Sat 8 June✨

Find out more & book your ticket👇
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From family of a pregnant woman who repeatedly had been refused bail.

I was brought in to try again. II relied on recommendations since baby Aisha Cleary’s death & high risk categorisation of prisons for pregnant women.Successful.

Unexpected reminder of why I’m a barrister.

As ever, The Secret Barrister hits the nail on the head. We are not ‘lefty lawyers’ seeking to undermine a government. We are a profession which, against the odds, seek to uphold the rule of law. Let’s hear Alex Chalk KC MP call out his colleagues who say otherwise

My latest theatre reviews for Counsel Magazine: My Neighbour Totoro and The Play That Goes Wrong

counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/my-ne…

'As we live more of our lives digitally, this is an issue counsel are likely to encounter more frequently.' Thank you Dr Jeremy Robson & Kirsty McDougall for examining the methods & risks of voice ID for Counsel Magazine. The article is now posted online⬇️
counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/ident…

*SPONSORED TWEET* @AlphaBiolabs is the proud sponsor of the Chambers of the Year award at this evening’s LexisNexis Legal Awards. Good luck to all award nominees and enjoy your night of celebration! #LLA2024

We are looking for three more volunteers: two who specialise in crime and one in human rights. If you would like to help, please register below 😊

It’s a privilege to be on the cover of Counsel Magazine

I also appreciate the care they took over the publication.

Hoping there may be a few thoughts in my article that help others in a career at the Bar, particularly from minority backgrounds.

#InternationalWomensDay

#IWD Keeping the spark alive for global freedoms - our March cover is the remarkable Kirsty Brimelow KC KC:
‘Lighting fires that cast unfairness into the shadows... keeping the ladder down and the hand outstretched.’
Happy #InternationalWomensDay
counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/on-ke…

From front line and operational staff, to campaigners and barristers, women across the justice system work each and every day to make it better.

This #IWD2024 we celebrate their achievements and remind ourselves of the work still needed to ensure their voices are always heard.

#IWD FLBA Chair Hannah Markham KC & The CBA Vice Chair Mary Mary Prior KC chat to Will Tyler KC about their lives & careers – paying homage to the women who have supported them along the way – & discuss challenges facing their respective Bars
counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/women…

#IWD ‘Diversity is oxygen to a healthy democracy. And to a healthy Bar.’ Having built her practice through playing the game with an unequal hand, HHJ Emma Nott built wants better for the next generation of female barristers – priceless ‘lessons learnt’:
counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/lesso…

#IWD The unique ‘visibility paradox’ Black women face in the law - Bibi Badejo Bibins’ report from the Inns of Court Women’s Alliance The Inns of Court Alliance for Women event examining the experiences of Black women barristers, sharing wisdom, and passing on crucial advice:
counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/black…

#IWD Inclusivity in practice: Millie Rai describes what it’s like being a young female barrister at the Commercial Chancery Bar, the remarkable difference a senior female clerk makes to chambers' culture, and remaining disparities still to be overcome counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/iwd24…

This #InternationalWomensDay we asked the women chairs of our committees to tell us what #InspireInclusion means to them and how they are inspiring inclusion for women at the Bar. #IWD2024 barcouncil.org.uk/resource/inspi…

#IWD in Counsel Magazine
If we fail to nurture women’s collective talent, half the population of this country will not be properly represented – from the junior Criminal Bar right up to the senior Judiciary. We cannot let all the hard work be undone, says Tana Adkin KC on…

#IWD ‘Remuneration & respect are urgently needed - women should not be expected to build successful practices based only on onerous and poorly paid RASSO cases’ The CBA Chair Tana Adkin KC on a career for all seasons: counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/iwd24…