Justice Matters

With gender earnings inequality at the Bar getting worse, not better, Judith Ayling KC discusses concrete solutions and collective action – including steps taken by the Personal Injuries Bar Association

Take the pledge! Galina Ward KC and Andrew Byass explain how Chambers’ Retention of Women Working Party developed a comprehensive programme for change under the Women in Law Pledge. With chambers-wide effort, it has delivered real progress

Brie Stevens Hoare KC argues that building genuinely inclusive chambers and workplaces for the Bar requires an intersectional approach

Recognising examples of positive change among the huge systemic issues, Chris Henley underlines the importance of being an ally to women at the criminal Bar 

The deprivation of liberty is the most significant power the state can exercise. Drawing on frontline experience, Chris Henley KC explains why replacing trial by jury with judge-only trials risks undermining justice 

Debate has centred on the government veto of Sentencing Council guidelines. But a quieter power – the ability to shape its business plan – is equally troubling. Julian Roberts KC (Hon), a former Sentencing Council member, explains why this matters 

Baffled by the government’s proposed s 41 reforms and by the Law Commission’s preferred model, Laura Hoyano looks at what won’t work, and what will 

Should call be deferred until a pupil is entitled to practise? Stephen Hockman KC and Toby Riley-Smith KC reprise the debate 

When politicians take aim at judges, it’s more than political theatre – it’s a threat to the rule of law. Judges can’t fight back from the bench, so what options do they have? Peter Oldham KC explores lessons from the past 

Resolution of the criminal justice crisis does not lie in reheating old ideas that have been roundly rejected before, say Ed Vickers KC, Faras Baloch and Katie Bacon