News & Insights

“Law should be about intellectual ability, not how your hair falls” Alphege Bell talks to The Times about his career at the Bar

18/11/2021

Alphege Bell speaks with the award-winning legal journalist, Catherine Baksi, about his legal career, including how he was the first barrister “with dreads” to appear before a judge.

Alphege, an Oxford graduate, was called to the Bar in 1995. At that time “the legal profession was deeply conservative, so Bell caused something of a stir”.

To read more, visit https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/law-should-be-about-intellectual-ability-not-how-your-hair-falls-vhzltk6j0

Popular Insights

Tom Edwards looks at the impact of the shift from Joint Enterprise to Common Purpose in the five years since…

Articles
19/08/2021

Ben Hargreaves explores the inherent challenges in the admissibility of sexual history in sex cases. Section 41 of the Youth…

Articles
20/04/2020

Silas Lee, pupil barrister, reviews the statutory regime on witness anonymity. Anonymous witness orders are most commonly sought by the…

Articles
11/01/2021

An analysis of the law on fitness to plead and stand trial in the magistrates’ courts: Silas Lee reviews the…

Articles
06/06/2021

Portfolio Builder

Select the practice areas that you would like to download or add to the portfolio

Download    Add to portfolio   
Portfolio
Title Type CV Email

Remove All

Download


Click here to share this shortlist.
(It will expire after 30 days.)