Her first employment win as a young teenager helped to secure pay parity for the Windrush nurses and Elaine Banton continues to advocate for equality
Not the first to switch between law and food, but Nisha Katona is a rarity, leaving at the height of her legal career and fast becoming a household name. The family barrister turned restaurateur talks to Sam Hillas KC
Channelling nerves, the importance of outside interests, and ‘paying it back’. Charles Bagot KC shares his lessons learnt as a barrister, judge and competitive swimmer
In the final part of a three-part series, the winners of Advocate’s Bar Pro Bono Awards reveal how pro bono plays a rewarding, life-changing and career-building part of their practice
A myriad of options await: barrister and entrepreneur Morag Ofili’s lessons learnt
Calling out abuse of power and advice for would-be barristers: the Liberal Democrat spokesperson in the Lords on Justice talks to Anthony Inglese
Charlotte Proudman talks about the impact of misogynistic online trolling on female lawyers and asks why this is being allowed to happen in plain sight
Frances Gibb talks to the CEO of what could become the largest chambers in England and Wales after an injection of private equity
Late epiphanies and mottos to live by – the ‘backstory’ of Jo Sidhu KC, the barrister who led the Criminal Bar during its most intense period in history
On her retirement Julia Hornor – a doyenne of chambers management whose career has mapped and shaped the ‘business evolution’ of the Bar – reflects with Anthony Inglese
The beginning of the legal year offers the opportunity for a renewed commitment to justice and the rule of law both at home and abroad
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Joanna Hardy-Susskind speaks to those walking away from the criminal Bar
Tom Cosgrove KC looks at the government’s radical planning reform and the opportunities and challenges ahead for practitioners
From a traumatic formative education to exceptional criminal silk – Laurie-Anne Power KC talks about her path to the Bar, pursuit of equality and speaking out against discrimination (not just during Black History Month)
James Onalaja concludes his two-part opinion series
Yasmin Ilhan explains the Law Commission’s proposals for a quicker, easier and more effective contempt of court regime