Monthly Archives: May 2020

Brief Encounter: Max Hill QC, Director of Public Prosecutions

Max Hill QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, talks in this short clip about his life in Law.  Max was appointed DPP in 2018; he had been the Leader of the South-Eastern Circuit; Head of Chambers at Red Lion Chambers; and the Independent Reviewer of Terrorist Legislation.  Click below to find out more… Max Hill… Read more »


Brief Encounter: Max Hardy

Max Hardy is a tenant at 9 Bedford Row, who specialises in criminal and regulatory Law.  Max has been the Chair of the Young Barristers’ Committee of the Bar Council, and is a member of the Criminal Bar Association’s Executive Committee.  He can be found on twitter at @MaxJLHardy, and is a Kalisher trustee. Tell… Read more »


Kalisher / Criminal Cases Review Commission Internship 2020: Applications Open *and deadline extended*

Kalisher / Criminal Cases Review Commission Internship 2020 The CCRC is based in Birmingham.  With the support of the Kalisher Scholarship Trust it is offering an internship, which will be available to those who completed the BPTC in 2019 or 2020. The internship, known as the “Kalisher Internship Award” will be for a period of… Read more »


Brief Encounter: Lady Justice Carr

Lady Justice (Sue) Carr was appointed to Court of Appeal in 2019, and sworn in virtually in April 2020.  A commercial law specialist – particularly negligence and personal liability – she took silk in 2003.  A stellar career at the Bar, which included being appointed Head of Chambers at 4 New Square, was followed by… Read more »


Brief Encounter: Joshua Rozenberg

Joshua Rozenberg is a leading legal commentator; he is the only journalist to have been appointed Queen’s Counsel (honoris causa), and he has written for the Guardian and the Law Society Gazette. Joshua presents Radio 4’s Law in Action, and has recently published Enemies of the People? which examines how the judiciary makes law and how they maintain… Read more »


Brief Encounter: Lady Justice Rafferty

Anne Rafferty is a Court of Appeal judge.  Having read Law at the University of Sheffield, she joined 4 Brick Court (now 9 Bedford Row).  Anne was the first female Chairman of the Criminal Bar Association, and on taking silk in 1990 half of the first married couple to take silk together in the same… Read more »