All about barristers - Derek Sweeting QC

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In this episode, Alma-Constance and Lucinda find out what a barrister does and talk to Derek Sweeting QC, President of the Bar Council 2021 who is now a High Court Judge in the Queen’s Bench Division and a Recorder in the Crown and County Courts.We discuss:the difference between a solicitor and a barristerwhy some barristers wear wigs and gownswhy it is so important for the Bar to be independent and how that is related to the rule of law why diversity at the Bar is essential ...