Opinion

Many disabled barristers face entrenched obstacles to KC appointment – both procedural and systemic, writes Diego F Soto-Miranda

The proscribing of Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act is an assault on the English language and on civil liberties, argues Paul Harris SC, founder of the Bar Human Rights Committee

From a ‘difficult woman with attitude’ to a ‘rainmaker’ – Paramjit Ahluwalia talks about her experience of intersectionality at the Bar, examines the data on disparity of earnings and presents the potential for change 

Britain must not forget its legal responsibilities to Hong Kong, writes former Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Paul Harris 

Mark Neale, Director General of the Bar Standards Board, offers an update on the Equality Rules consultation

Imposing a professional obligation to act in a way that advances equality, diversity and inclusion is the wrong way to achieve this ambition, says Nick Vineall KC 

The desire to enlarge the scope of the rule of law is understandable but where is the line to be drawn? asks Raymond Wacks 

Britain needs to get over its shameful denial of racism, call it what it is and start to effectively deal with the problem, says Vithyah Chelvam 

Yaa Dankwa Ampadu-Sackey shares some observations from a practitioner’s perspective on the shortage of Qualified Legal Representatives 

Nature-related risks including climate change should be firmly on board agendas, say Sharif A. Shivji KC, Rebecca Stubbs KC, James Burton, Karl Anderson and Hossein Sharafi who have conducted a landmark review of directors’ duties under English law