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Barristers Chambers
Fountain Court snaps up ex-Slaughters associate, criminal bar rising star
Katherine Hardcastle’s arrival further bolsters top commercial set’s criminal law capability
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Freshfields arbitration partner opts for the Bar
Peter Turner KC joins 39 Essex Chambers after 27 years as a partner at Magic Circle firm
Mishcon de Reya’s international arbitration head to join Littleton Chambers in London
Arbitration solicitor-silk Louis Flannery KC to move across in August and be called to the Bar
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Kirsty Brimelow KC elected to join first all-women Bar Council leadership team
Doughty Street silk will serve as 2025 vice chair alongside the next chair, Barbara Mills KC, and treasurer Lucinda Orr
Brick Court Chambers investigating ‘potential cyber incident’
Top commercial set said to have been targeted by Medusa cyber gang
Matrix boosts antitrust practice with competition law specialist from St. John’s Chambers
Ex-Burges Salmon partner Matthew O’Regan is the latest former solicitor to join Matrix’s competition team
Fountain Court’s Matthew Gearing KC becomes first former solicitor called to Singapore Bar
The former A&O partner joins KCs Toby Landau, Sapna Jhangiani and Jern-Fei Ng as UK appointments to the Law Society of Singapore
Former Clifford Chance arbitration head departs for Twenty Essex
Audley Sheppard KC is latest leading practioner to become an independent arbitrator
One solicitor appointed King’s Counsel out of 95-strong tally
Withers arbitration co-head celebrates as overall success rate for applications continues to decline
New Bar Council chair calls for more investment in justice system ‘at the point of structural failure’
Sam Townend KC also prioritises making the profession more ‘resilient and sustainable’
‘Nobody should be experiencing these behaviours’: report highlights employee bullying at the Bar
Landmark research by the Legal Practice Management Association and Institute of Barristers’ Clerks found more than a quarter of Bar employees had been bullied
The swift rise of a ‘wonderful role model’ to the UK Supreme Court
Dame Ingrid Simler has impeccable diversity credentials, writes Ben Rigby
Former WilmerHale Brussels partner rejoins Henderson Chambers
EU competition law specialist John Ratliff returns to the Bar after 24 years with US firm
Fountain Court elects new head of chambers
Richard Handyside KC succeeds Bankim Thanki KC at top London set
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Former Allen & Overy arbitration co-head joins Hong Kong’s Temple Chambers
Matthew Gearing KC joins as an arbitrator member having earlier also chaired the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
Midlands super-set appoints new head of chambers
Family silk takes over from former Bar Council chair at one of UK’s largest regional chambers
South Square makes rare lateral raids on rival sets for barrister duo
Leading London insolvency chambers supplements organic growth with new arrivals
4 Pump Court adds financial services junior from Gough Square Chambers
Ruth Bala brings specialist financial regulation and retail banking expertise
Leading barristers band together to support equal representation in arbitration
Jane Davies Evans and Anneliese Day KC among members of Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge’s new Bar subcommittee
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Bar Council chair challenges flagship IBA 'Gatekeeper' project
Nick Vineall KC is “very uncomfortable” with draft IBA suggestions to enhance legal professional obligations with an ethics test, calling it “a dangerous mantra”
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