Contributing Writers

12 January 2017 - Justice campaigner and director of Transforming Justice, Penelope Gibbs, writes for Bar blog on the charity’s latest report, The Sentencing Council of England and Wales – brake or accelerator on the use of prison? which considers some of the factors that have led to increased prison numbers and longer custodial sentences.

1 December 2016 - Kuki Taylor, Wellbeing and life coach to the Bar and former fundraising and communications manager at the Bar Pro Bono Unit on helping barristers through thick and thin

1 December 2016 - Christian Wisskirchen, Head of International Policy at the Bar Council, gives an insight into the work of the Bar Council Brexit Working Group

1 December 2016 - The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) is looking for volunteers to help test selection materials for the next Recorder exercise

17 November 2016 - Tim Collins of the Tim Collins Consultancy guest blogs for the Bar Council on how chambers can meet the challenges faced by today's Bar with investment in management and leadership.

17 November 2016 - Joanna Chatterton, of Fox Williams LLP, explains how it is often the organisational structures and working practices that make wellbeing issues harder to spot. 

17 November 2016 - Lady Valerie Corbett, who founded the Robin Corbett Award for Prisoner Rehabilitation, guest blogs for the Bar Council on how restorative justice has a role to play in dealing with grief. 

15 November 2016 - Chairman-Elect of the Young Barristers' Committee, Duncan McCombe, on the committee's plans for 2017