In recently perusing “Bar Barometer – Trends in the profile of the Bar” for March 2011, the following statistics show that the Bar is a male-dominated profession by a ratio of 2:1; over three-quarters of the profession are white and white QCs account for over ninety per cent of the practising profession. The Bar Council [...]
The Times has compiled a list of the top 100 lawyers in 2009. The top 10 reads as follows: 1) Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, senior law lord 2) Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice 3) Jack Straw, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice 4) Lord Bingham of Cornhill, retired senior law lord 5) [...]
