Sarah Walker, a barrister at Selborne Chambers, talks about the importance of mini-pupillages, the type of work she gets involved with as a commercial chancery disputes barrister, work/life balance and more in this Meet the Lawyer interview. 

For those considering the barrister route, you’re likely aware that the majority of barristers are self-employed, working as sole practitioners in chambers.

A decision by the Bar Standards Board on an unfunded pupillage has been upheld by the Bar's appellate body, the Inns of Court.

What do trustees need to think about when selling their charity's property?

Senior associates are reportedly the least satisfied cohort of fee earners at UK law firms, according to a recent Leading Teams report.  

A senior family court judge has admitted that it feels “shaming” to preside over cases where people are forced to represent themselves, in the latest warning about the social costs of legal aid cuts. 

Leaked data reveals that top government lawyers have been offered an average 16% pay increase but a third of the Government Legal Department’s workforce have been excluded from the deal.  

Senior judges in the criminal courts have been criticised for ignoring “very modest requests” to adopt email and sitting hours protocols to improve barristers’ wellbeing.

The chair of Parliament’s justice select committee has called for fee-charging McKenzie Friends to be banned after the High Court ruled that an unqualified “legal adviser” was negligent in his handling of a clinical negligence case.

The senior presiding judge for England and Wales, Lord Justice Edis, has delayed the sentencing of convicted criminals on bail due to overpopulation in prisons. As a longer term solution, the government plans to send prisoners overseas and build more prisons.

Short prison sentences are set to become far less common following the introduction of a major sentencing reform that came into force on Monday 23 March 2026.