Counsel of Perfection

I have resolutely hated being 'on strike' and I have absolutely no doubt that is true for the vast majority of criminal barristers. ...

When I started in pupillage we had a session on dress and appearance. This was extremely prescriptive. Pupils could only wear white shirts. ...

Looking back on nearly 10 years of blogging I've noticed that a topic that I've written about even more than underfunding of the cri...

It is a marker of privilege to have the opportunity to reflect upon why it is you do what you do. And by that I mean literally how you earn ...

People embody a nation but institutions make it. Some British institutions are so ancient and unchanging that many people give little to no ...

  When I was a young barrister I would sometimes appear at Bow Street Magistrates' Court (now, as for numerous former courts, an eye-wat...

  'Let the punishment fit the crime' is a maxim that doesn't take much explaining nor much justifying. We don't sever limbs ...