Sentences with phrase «time as a barrister»

Baroness Hale worked part - time for a long time as a barrister and at the University of Manchester.

Not exact matches

Why don't we have «regular» characters who simply have faith as part of their make - up, but are also shopkeepers, barristers and full - time mums?

Generally speaking, Daniel Dennett's method in all his books is too often reminiscent of the forensic technique employed by the Snark, in the Barrister's dream, to defend a pig charged with abandoning its sty: The Snark admits the desertion but then immediately claims this as proof of the pig's alibi (for the creature was obviously absent from the scene of the crime at the time of its commission).

The CBA said many junior barristers already faced rates as low as # 20 a day once preparation, time in court and chambers» fees were factored in.

The evening is completed via a sojourn to the Smoking Room, with a few Scotch and sodas shared with Local Government Minister Bob Neill, a font of stories from his time as a criminal barrister in the East End, Nadine and Mark Francois (another Brent veteran and who I am fond of despite him being a very important Whip!)

His cheekiness did not go unnoticed, as Barrister Dr Peter Ellis spoke out after this took place five times.

Once the case is finished and the barrister has time for the more mundane support and marketing activities needed to bring in more work, our service can be switched off as easily as it was engaged.»

Author Max Kimber, an Australian mediator and barrister, says it's time to re-visit the the role of lawyers in mediation, both as representatives of the parties in that process and as mediators.

Before this time, English law reports, now known as Nominate Reports, were produced on an individual basis by barristers, with a series lasting from one or two volumes, to the working life of the author barrister.

Now that cases occupy hard drives and the evidence is itself more commonly in the form of electronic documents, our profession needs to become as adept at manipulating and presenting electronic media as the barristers of old were using the tools of their time.

Samina was appointed as a part - time Immigration Judge in 2006 and has also practiced as a barrister in the areas of family and immigration law since 2000.

If it is enacted, for the first time, under Part 3, solicitors (including in - house solicitors providing legal services) and barristers will have a statutory obligation to advise clients to consider using mediation as a means of resolving their dispute prior to issuing proceedings.

This equates to hundreds of hours» worth of time that barristers, solicitors and law firms have to spend manually managing documents such as disclosure and contractual agreements, instead of working on higher value tasks that really matter and generate profit.

Alongside his full time practice, in his role as Chair of the Young Bar for 2018, Richard Hoyle has been actively involved in organising the work of the Young Barristers» Committee and contributing to the ongoing activities of the Bar Council.

As a fixed - fee direct access barrister, I often end up spending far more time on a project than I can bill to my client — technology which increases my accuracy and decreases my hours is certainly something I'm keen to explore.

Leading London barrister Jonathan Sumption (now Lord Sumption) was sworn in last week as a member of the United Kingdom's highest court, the first barrister in 50 years to be appointed to the jurisdiction's top court without having served as a full time judge.

As has been observed many times by many knowledgeable commentators, a hungry barrister is a dangerous animal.

He was also described by The Times as «a rising star of the Criminal Bar» and was shortlisted by Liberty, Justice and the Law Society as Human Rights Barrister of the Year in 2009.

It is a positive sign that, as noted in a recent Law Times article, compliance - based entity regulation is already firmly on the agenda at the Law Society of Upper Canada and is currently being implemented by the Nova Scotia Barristers» Society.

«Study Days» means business days free of articling placement duties, for each of a Candidate's first attempts at writing the Solicitor Licensing Examination and the Barrister Licensing Examination, up to a total of seven business days as requested by the Candidate, consisting of five days of uninterrupted study time, one day to write the Licensing Examination and one free day.

A barrister may only accept so much work as they can give adequate attention to within a reasonable time