by Kris | Dec 4, 2020 | Get qualified, Public law
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by Kris | Jul 1, 2019 | Criminal law, Direct Access Barristers, Get qualified, Motoring Law, Private client criminal defence, Road Traffic law
Here’s what’s stopping you getting the most out of your barrister It’s 0800 and I’m at the Stratford Magistrates Court to prosecute traffic cases – and there’s a trainee (“pupil”) barrister here who does not know if she...
by Kris | May 8, 2017 | Criminal law, Get qualified
Students get a bit overwhelmed at this time of year – and panic about how they are going to learn – and memorise lots of law. Because I’m more of a “show me” type of learner, I make mind maps. Here’s a partial theft mind map for you...
by Kris | Jan 2, 2017 | Advocacy, Criminal law, Despicable You, Direct Access Barristers, Get qualified
Oh look! The Daily Mail have just run another hit piece on the legal profession. The Mail states: Despite strikes by barristers over their pay levels and protests from senior lawyers who demand greater taxpayer subsidies, the legal profession has been booming,...
by Kris | Sep 4, 2016 | Criminal law, Direct Access Barristers, Get qualified, Miscellany, Women & the Law
The short answer is hearsay. Let me explain. My client and the unnamed pop star Unhappy with the way in which he’d been treated on a bus, my client not only threw a brick at the bus, it was also alleged by a pop star passerby, that he went on to throw a brick at...
by Kris | Jan 2, 2015 | Advocacy, Criminal law, Despicable You, Direct Access Barristers, DIY Law, Get qualified, Landlord & Tenant, Miscellany, Non-legal help, Tenants' Rights, Women & the Law
One of the best decisions I ever made was to start volunteering at the Toynbee Hall. I liked its “Poor Man’s Lawyer” roots, the buzz of the Wednesday evening first come, first served, advice free-for-all – and how Jack Profumo found his redemption there. I...
