Temple Women’s Forum: Autumn Networking Event

Date: 27 September Time: 5.30pm – 8.30pm Location: Middle Temple Speaker: Harry Matovu QC, Brick Court Chambers and creator of the Charter for Black Talent in Finance and the Professions. An opportunity to meet other lawyers and to share career development...

JUSTICE Annual Human Rights Conference – 11-12 October

Bookings are now open for the Annual JUSTICE Human Rights Conference.  Following an opening keynote address by Harold Hongju Koh, Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, and a Review of the Year delivered by Samantha Knights QC, you will be able to...

Lincoln’s Inn Diversity Forum Event – Wednesday 22 September

Lincoln’s Inn are running their third EDI Forum of the year, titled “Fair allocation of work: how does it operate in practice and why should it matter to you?”   Talk: 6:00 pm Q&A: 7:00 pm End: 7:30 pm Location: Zoom A panel of distinguished...

JUSTICE is recruiting a Public and Administrative Justice Lawyer

JUSTICE are looking for a lawyer interested in public and administrative justice, as well as in cross-cutting issues affecting the functioning of the justice system. The successful candidate will be appointed to a full-time post on a one-year contract, with the...

Amended Practice Directions in force from 31 May 2021

Hot off the presses, here, at last, are the new versions of the Part 54 Practice Directions. In the attached document they are at Schedules 2 – 5. (Schedule 1 is not relevant to Part 54 claims). They will come into force on 31 May 2021. They may be downloaded...

Attorney General’s London Panels of Civil Counsel

Why apply and how best to do it TUESDAY 9 March 2021 5:00pm GOVERNMENT LEGAL DEPARTMENT Virtual event held via Zoom This is an event aimed at those thinking about applying to join the Attorney General’s London A, B and C Panels of Civil Counsel. The competition to...

International Women’s Day Event

On March 8 Support Through Court will be holding an online event titled ‘Women Who Challenge: The Legal Sector’. It’s aim is to compliment the theme of International Women’s Day which is #ChooseToChallenge, They will showcase some fantastic...

Survey on the proposed Apologies Bill

The Bar Council’s ADR Panel is currently helping put together an ‘Apologies Bill’ for the UK Parliament, based on the 2016 Scottish Act. The ADR Panel feels that the provision in UK law allowing for an apology to be given that could not then be used prejudicially in...