The Independent Bar

Here’s a book that should be in every chambers’ library, containing as it does, a wealth of informed, authoritative and practical advice in how to run a barristers’ chambers profitably in a fiercely competitive legal environment. So it is not entirely and exclusively about ‘the independent bar’ as such; rather the focus centres on the Bar as a business. – Phillip Taylor MBE * Richmond Green Chambers *An excellent handbook for anyone looking to understand the ever expanding role of a clerk or practice manager in modern day barristers’ chambers, whether they are starting out, rising up the ranks and looking to develop their skills, or already in a senior position and wanting to hear how others have met the challenges that every set now faces, and seized the opportunities. A window into how a set of chambers really works – or should work in the 21st century. – Andrew Walker QC * Chair of the Bar, The Bar Council *Does this book succeed? It is without doubt an excellent primer about the business of chambers and does so well within its one-volume constraints. – Robin Jackson * 3 Verulam Buildings *

David Barnes is Departmental Lecturer in English at Sommerville College, Oxford, where his research and teaching interests cover a range of literature from the period 1800 to the present, particularly on the ways modern writers present their work in relation to place, environment and nation. His essays and reviews have appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, Times Higher Education and The Guardian. He is a published poet and short fiction writer. This is his first sole-authored book.