barristers

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Those rulings included an order that none of the barristers could refer in their speeches to "jury equity".

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Opening a three-day defence of the home secretary's proscription of the group, barristers told the Court of Appeal on Tuesday that overturning it would limit ministers' counter-terrorism powers.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The RCA opposed the bid, with its barristers stating it was "blindingly obvious" that Rosindell's licence to use the premises only applied when he was a Tory.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The letter organised by the Bar Council, which represents all barristers in England and Wales, says the plan is an attempt "to force through an unpopular, untested and poorly evidenced change to our jury system".

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

“One of those white wigs that British barristers plop on top of their heads when they are trying a case.”

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg