Hong Kong's Chief Justice Andrew Cheung urged senior barristers to maintain integrity and judgment to uphold public confidence in the judicial system. Speaking at a ceremony where six new senior counsel were appointed, Cheung emphasized that the role requires more than technical skill, including professional standards even when inconvenient or unpopular.
Norman O'Bryan was one of Melbourne's top barristers — until he was caught trying to overcharge his clients in a scandal described as "one of the darkest chapters" in Victorian legal history.
Norman O'Bryan was one of Melbourne's top barristers — until he was caught trying to overcharge his clients in a scandal described as "one of the darkest chapters" in Victorian legal history.
Geoffrey Robertson KC, founder of Keir Starmer's barristers' chambers, has strongly criticized proposed restrictions on jury trials in England and Wales, calling them a 'betrayal of Labour values' and a 'cure worse than the disease'.
