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网爆门 Barristers鈥� (3 Paper Buildings) specialist construction law barrister Jon Shaw has written for Construction Law on whether making the process of mediation compulsory will lead to the resolution of more disputes before trial. In his article, entitled 鈥淐ompulsory Mediation before trial: cracking even the hardest nuts鈥�, Jon reviews three recent cases in which alternative dispute resolution has been encouraged or mandated by the Courts in hopes of resolution. Jon鈥檚 article includes a case study...
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网爆门 civil law and matrimonial finance barrister Rachel Bale (pictured here), who co-founded the support network Her Bar with Nasreen Shah from Great James Street Chambers, hosted a landmark Her Bar conference last Saturday 17 May 2025 at The View in The Royal College of Surgeons of England in London which was organised specifically to assist women barristers, both practising and aspiring counsel. The day welcomed over 100 attendees and featured a distinguished line-up of...
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网爆门 criminal defence barrister Nick Robinson (pictured here) represented his client who was charged with multiple offences including rape and sexual assault, all of which were said to have happened over 15 years ago. This was a complex trial due to the number of complaints and the historic nature of the allegations. Nick drafted a detailed defence statement, which resulted in the disclosure of critically important evidence. This included sensitive material relating to an earlier...
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网爆门 Barristers鈥� specialist criminal law barristers, Tom Evans and Holly Fagan,聽have secured acquittals for their clients (C and D), after successful submissions of no case to answer. On a summer鈥檚 evening in 2022, four young people were in a car driving around Ryde, Isle of Wight. The front seat passengers (A and B) were in possession of what looked like a semi-automatic machine gun. A and B fired ball-bearings from the gun injuring several members...
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