by Simon Myerson QC | Mar 11, 2009 | Life at the Bar, The BPTC, The Future
I have been thinking about this for some time (whether I have got it right is another matter). The BVC doesn’t work. It costs far too much and it takes on too many people who have no chance of succeeding, thus depriving them of a lot of money they will never...
by Simon Myerson QC | Mar 1, 2009 | Qualities Required, Tenancy
Chambers have, in recent times, invested quite a lot of effort in pupillage selection. I think it can be fairly said that most Chambers are now committed to diversity in terms of sex, colour, race and creed (the Bar, strangely enough, was never particularly fussed...
by Simon Myerson QC | Jan 7, 2009 | Humour, Life at the Bar, Tenancy
I’m sorry that I haven’t posted for a while. I hope to do so soon. Meanwhile, please familiarise yourself with the diagram below. It is uncannily accurate. Because your clerks will collect your fees, the issue of when to bill is a matter for them. However,...
by Simon Myerson QC | Dec 12, 2008 | Qualities Required, Tenancy
So, there you are, in situ (or – as we must now say – with your feet under the table). The question is how you get to put your feet on the table. I dealt with advocacy in the last post. There is another aspect to a Barrister’s life in which ability...
by Simon Myerson QC | Dec 7, 2008 | Qualities Required, Tenancy
This is a partial answer to how you communicate your abilities during your pupillage. It also, I hope, goes some way to address the fears of the BVC students that their advocacy is ‘a trainwreck’ (a direct quote – and whoever originated that...
