The New Zealand Bar Association’s latest report on the gender ratio of counsel in higher courts highlights a persistent issue of underrepresentation of women who make up 55 percent of the legal ...

Ivy Williams was the first woman to qualify as a barrister, and whilst she did not practice, she did go on to teach law. Fast forward to today, and female representation within the criminal ...

The Governor of the Bank of England has told a tribunal that he had a “clear impression” that the former head of Barclays, Jes Staley, “did appear to have a close relationship” with ...

Two young bystanders, the café manager and a barrister, also died in the siege. A briefing note says: “The new SERT pistol must be highly reliable, durable, and effective in tactical situations.

Barristers doing government work will see a 25% increase in rates from 1 April, in some cases the first rise since the panels were first introduced in 1997. However, this remains well below what the ...

Martin Lee, known as the “Father of Democracy,” is one of the party’s key figures. A barrister and founder of the United Democrats, he was a founding member, and the first chairperson ...