The leaders of the Criminal Bar in the UK, Chair Riel Karmy-Jones KC and Vice Chair…
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Kirsty Brimelow Addresses Prison Transport Delays
Kirsty Brimelow, Chair of the Bar Council, expresses frustration over significant delays in prisoner transport, which…
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Chair of the Bar Council Kirsty Brimelow: “Bringing young children into the criminal justice system is more likely to result in further offending…”
Crime and age, a dilemma. For the minimum age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales…
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I. Stephanie Boyce CBE FKC: Leadership begins with identity. When you know who you are, what you stand for…
Leadership challenges our self-perception, often magnifying setbacks and criticism. I persevered through four attempts to become…
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I. Stephanie Boyce CBE FKC: “This is where the work of The Solicitors’ Charity is so important.”
Law of the jungle! Delighted to deliver the opening address at The Great Big Legal Offsite…
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I. Stephanie Boyce CBE FKC: “I believe every one of you can achieve anything you set your mind to.”
“I Once Sat Where You Are Today…” Those were the words I shared recently with students…
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The Bar Council: Chair of the BarKirsty Brimelow KC spoke at the Youth Justice Legal Centre Summit
She said: “A measure of the justice system is how readily it punishes children and how…
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I. Stephanie Boyce CBE FKC: “Looking back, it was a sense of injustice that first motivated me as a teenager.”
In her reflection, I. Stephanie Boyce CBE shares how her teenage experiences of injustice inspired her…
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I. Stephanie Boyce CBE FKCI: What advice would you give to aspiring lawyers seeking to enter the profession now?
Stephanie Boyce spoke at the Future Women Lawyers UoM end-of-year dinner in Manchester, reflecting on her…
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“If the government replaces proposals for judge-only trials with trials by a judge plus two magistrates we are out of the frying pan and into the fire.”-Kirsty Brimelow KC
Kirsty Brimelow KC, chair of the Bar Council, critiques the government’s proposed shift from judge-only trials…
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“In the still of the night when it’s just me, myself, and I… I’ve got my conscience, and my conscience is clear.”- Dr. I. Stephanie Boyce CBE FKC
I. Stephanie Boyce CBE, the first ethnic minority president of the Law Society of England and…
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Honoring Diversity in Law: Birthday Tribute to Dr. I. Stephanie Boyce
Justice News247 celebrates the leader of the promoter of the legal profession and access to justice…
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