Today, 8th March, is International Women’s Day with this year’s theme being Break the Bias.
To mark this, Laura Johnson, Francesca O’Neill and Kerry Nicholson discuss what it’s like to be a woman at the Bar. They share their insights and give advice, covering topics including recruitment, retention and career planning, considering the position of women at the Bar today, the progress that’s been achieved and what is still to be done.
Following the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Case C 629/24, MH v Costa Crociere SpA we ask whether the basis for claims against sea and air carriers will now shift from the Athens and Montreal Conventions (with their two…
Section 96 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 implements a proposal of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse by introducing new provisions into the Limitation Act 1980 in relation to claims for child sexual abuse. Paul Stagg KC (who successfully defended the claims…
Giles Bedloe successfully concluded the prosecution in Operation Orientation, a case widely reported in the media (including the BBC and The Independent), at Winchester Crown Court on the 5th of June 2026 The defendant, Anwar Ashraf, was convicted of attempted murder in April for stabbing his…
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