More than 35 people were hospitalised following a head-on collision between two privately-owned buses in Matara yesterday morning.Six persons sustained serious injuries and are currently receiving ...

The court system is at risk of a crisis as criminal barristers quit to chase higher pay, the chairman of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has warned. Mary Prior KC, the chairman of the CBA ...

Regulators say they are concerned about the culture and ethics of barristers, as they seek to make long-term changes to the bar’s approach. In a call for evidence on its future strategy ...

A barrister found to have taken frivolous and vexatious lawsuits against a High Court judge and other lawyers has again sued other members of the judiciary. Eugenie Houston BL initiated a case ...

The UK’s top barrister training course has been accused of throwing students into chaos after informing them it was “above capacity” halfway through their programme. The Inns of Court ...

A trained barrister has persuaded the High Court he received a “fundamentally unfair” hearing before a “hostile” District Court judge when charged with allegedly holding a mobile phone ...

A Donegal barrister has been granted a firearms licence but told to undertake an anger management course within the next 12 months. Mr Alexander Smyth was granted a licence for two firearms ...

A leading barrister has warned that alleged rapists or other criminals charged with serious crimes could walk free because the justice system is in 'chaos'. Peter Joyce KC said years of under ...

Prince Harry's barrister David Sherborne arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice in London David Sherborne, Prince Harry's barrister, said there was potentially a "good prospect" of an agreement ...

Peter Joyce KC has prosecuted or defended hundreds of murder cases A leading barrister has warned that defendants who face serious charges, such as rape, could walk free because the justice system ...

‘David is a leading barrister in the field of media and communication, specialising in privacy, confidentiality and defamation, as well as matrimonial and sports law,’ his professional profile on the ...

Barristers may “sometimes allow their zeal to advance a client’s interests to embrace tactics which are ethically questionable”, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) said yesterday. The regulator also said ...