Panel to tackle racial policing: Barrister is tasked with improving relations between police and black community after inquiry finds ‘deep-rooted’ racial issues Report found stop and search more racially disproportionate than 20 years ago Black people nine and a half times more likely to be stopped than white people A Commons committee found no evidence … Read more
Divorcing barrister couple blow £100,000 on bitter battle over their £1million home – only to be told it is worthless because of cladding Couple spent thousands fighting over £1m home only to find out it was worthless Home found to be fitted with cladding outlawed because of Grenfell Tower fire They have three years to … Read more
Divorcing barrister couple blow £100,000 on bitter battle over their £1million home – only to be told it is worthless because of cladding Couple spent thousands fighting over £1m home only to find out it was worthless Home found to be fitted with cladding outlawed because of Grenfell Tower fire They have three years to … Read more
Barrister launches legal action against a police force after he was arrested, handcuffed and locked in the back of a squad car when he refused to breach Covid rules for a voluntary interview Joe Rich went to police station to discuss a boundary dispute with a neighbour Stand off ensued as he pointed out the … Read more
A married criminal barrister who slapped a junior female colleague’s bottom at their work Christmas party told a disciplinary tribunal he was just ‘blowing off steam’. Dominic Woolard, 36, held the 22-year-old pupil barrister around the neck and whispered to her ‘I really wanted to smack your a**e’ after she bent over a sofa hunting … Read more
A barrister has become embroiled in a racism row after he called a schoolgirl who won a discrimination settlement a ‘stroppy teenager of colour’. Jon Holbrook commented on the case of Ruby Williams, now 18, who was awarded £8,500 following an Equality Act case against her school in east London. She was 14 when she was told by Urswick … Read more
Married father-of-two barrister, 36, who slapped junior female colleagues’ bottom telling her ‘I really wanted to smack your a**e’ is fined almost £10,000 Experienced criminal barrister Dominic Woolard fined after disciplinary tribunal He held woman around her neck, pulled her onto his lap and slapped her bottom Found to have diminished public trust through his … Read more
Dominic Raab blasts ‘mercenary’ British barrister for agreeing to prosecute pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong David Perry QC is acting against pro-democracy campaigners in China Nine activists include newspaper proprietor Jimmy Lai and Martin Lee Mr Perry’s friends have said that he is just following legal ‘cab rank’ principle By Dan Sales For Mailonline Published: … Read more
Legal aid barrister, 27, who went to state school and put herself through university reveals she now earns LESS than minimum wage for working 19-hour days Alejandra Llorente Tascon, 27, from London, is a criminal defence barrister After expenses says earns less than national minimum wage of £8.72 per hour Says lawyers are ‘turning their backs’ … Read more
Courts service apologises to second black barrister in three months after mistaking them for a defendant Luke McLean was assumed to be the defendant at a London magistrates’ court The pupil barrister was asked twice if he was a defendant by two court workers Comes after barrister Alexandra Wilson was repeatedly mistaken for a defendant … Read more