Theo Huckle QC: Why you can’t ignore Direct Access

Theo Huckle QC: Why you can’t ignore Direct Access

Cornwall Street Door tenant and former Counsel General for Wales, Theo Huckle QC, said that during lockdown he undertook the Bar Council’s public access course after learning almost 25% of all the earnings of the Bar are now from direct access instructions. Theo was...
Case Review: Davey v Bailey [2021]

Case Review: Davey v Bailey [2021]

The recent judgment of HHJ Jarman QC provides a helpful reminder of what someone claiming the benefit of a deathbed gift (donatio mortis causa) must prove. It also highlights that applying the law is not necessarily synonymous with dispensing fairness. Tim Jacques...