A blushing barrister faced the wrath of an irked judge as he showed up to a court hearing via video link without wearing trousers at A Midland court. Shrewsbury Crown Court spectactors were taken ...

A pet-obsessed neighbour 'trapped' a couple's cat in a cage and used a tree outside their £1.3million house as an 'animal toilet' in an 18-year harassment campaign, a court has been told. Employment ...

Barristers have won the right to go without their famous and historically significant wigs in court after campaigners branded them 'culturally insensitive'. Revised guidance from The Bar Council now ...

An ongoing withdrawal from cases will be extended to involve the full withdrawal from all current Crown Courts.

A barrister and team of solicitors were found to have submitted fake case citations (Picture: Getty) A High Court judge has condemned a team of lawyers for basing arguments on five cases which turned ...

Courts in the United Kingdom are considering whether to nix mandatory wigs for barristers amid concerns the dress code requirement is "culturally insensitive." "Following questions from barristers ...

French lawyer Sarah Asmeta wears a hijab at work but that means she is banned by her local Bar Council from representing clients in the courtroom. PARIS, Feb 23 (Reuters) - French lawyer Sarah Asmeta ...

The Supreme Court of South Australia penalised a family law barrister who worked for seven months without a practising certificate, mostly due to an overwhelming workload and a failure to manage her ...

A continuous all-out strike by criminal barristers is set to bring the justice system grinding to a halt in England and Wales from this week. Members of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) have been ...

Sue Harding is the senior clerk at Hogarth Chambers, a set of barristers in London that specialises in IP and chancery work. She tells Emma Barraclough what it’s like to help a group of self-employed ...

China is forcing barristers in London and Hong Kong to choose between their pockets or their values. By targeting leading barristers who have publicly criticized its policies, Beijing is counting on ...