Legal Personality

Timothy James Dutton CBE KC was known across the profession as an outstanding advocate, a dedicated public servant and a man of the utmost integrity. He was also a loyal and loving friend to many of us 

Professional Discipline Silk of the Year, former Vice Chair of the Bar Standards Board and barrister member of the ethics taskforce scrutinising the role of law firms in enabling kleptocracy talks to Anthony Inglese CB 

Nicholas Khan KC, the only lawyer to have taken silk while working in a European Union institution, discusses his fascinating professional life beyond the Inns of Court – in the Legal Service of the European Commission 

Sir Max Hill KCB KC explores career agility through practice diversity – his journey at the Bar from chambers to Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, Director of Public Prosecutions and now Senior Counsel in a global law firm

Mike Jones KC, the first Senior Crown advocate from Wales to take silk, talks about his career pathway, the ‘one Bar’ philosophy and what the future holds

Ecclesiastical judge and recently ordained priest Mark Ruffell discusses his fascinating specialism and where faith fits in with life and practice at the Bar

Reflections from the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry about work at the Bar – Jason Beer KC's lessons learnt

Ten years on from his civil justice modernisation review, Lord Justice Briggs talks about judge craft, tech and transparency today, as well as the course he steered to the UK’s top court. Interview by Anthony Inglese CB 

Now a year and a half into his dream job, the Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson talks to Anthony Inglese CB about his ‘whole-system’ approach to reducing delays and working with the criminal Bar