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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 10h

Something new. Every Monday I will be posting comic strip me demonstrating an advocacy skill and comic strip me explaining it. All intended for those beginning their advocacy journey. Advocacy, Illustrated

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I have been posting some advocacy tips over on LinkedIn. Pop over there and have a look! www.linkedin.com/posts/jaime-...

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Robert Smith and Olivia Gatfield providing great content and insight into mentally disordered offenders in the criminal justice system. Do not miss out on the upcoming breakfast and evening seminars.

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Chambers are hosting a series of seminars for criminal practitioners. You can do breakfast with the Silks or evening drinks with the Juniors. Silk breakfasts begin with some bloke wittering on about advocacy, but with pastries. www.linkedin.com/posts/share-...

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

In October 2022, advocacy fees were raised by 15%. There has been no increase since then. SINCE October 2022 the judiciary have had a cumulative 22% pay rise. Police and NHS consultants a similar amount. They are ahead of inflation. Our increase has already been wiped out.

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Boycs does always say never judge what a good score is until you have seen both sides bat….

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Just leaving this link here. No particular reason. It’s just a link that lets people pre order our book about Advocacy on Amazon. (The front cover is way more exciting than it currently appears). www.amazon.co.uk/Skills-Moder...

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Lisa Boocock @lisajboocock.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Good opportunity for those starting a career in the law. Be great to get the word out. @barristersecret.bsky.social @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Over the last 72 hours I have been called fat quite a lot. Usually by Reform voters and often along the lines of “you fat xxxx”. I still think that even without the extra timber, the person parked next to me was optimistic that I would be able to squeeze into my car.

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

It is strange how things change. I spent years and years of my working life writing the word “Coram” in pen on the back of a folded over paper brief. I haven’t even come close to doing that in a decade or so.

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Am trying to refrain from banging on about this too much but Nigel and I have written a book and I just wanted to remind you all about it. Other reminders will follow. Quite often. www.routledge.com/The-Skills-o... www.amazon.co.uk/Skills-Moder...

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Available for preorder on Amazon! Never thought I would get to say that! www.amazon.co.uk/Skills-Moder...

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Beyond excited to say that this book, co-authored by myself and Nigel Booth, is going to be published this autumn by Routledge. The bits Nigel wrote are really really good. I provide some filler. The Skills of Modern Advocacy www.routledge.com/The-Skills-o...

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The Skills of Modern Advocacy

The Skills of Modern Advocacy provides a comprehensive practical guide to modern advocacy, explaining its core components and demonstrating how you can develop and apply the necessary skillsets in…

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

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The Skills of Modern Advocacy

The Skills of Modern Advocacy provides a comprehensive practical guide to modern advocacy, explaining its core components and demonstrating how you can develop and apply the necessary skillsets in…

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Nigel Booth @theboothmeister.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Exciting day today at the first Pupillage Fair North. Fun to let students know about my forthcoming book with @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social from Routledge.

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Getting ready to welcome everyone at Pupillage Fair North

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

A good day today at the Bar Council pupillage fair. The future is bright.

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

The Northern and North Eastern Circuit as hosting Pupillage Fair: North on 30th November. Come and learn about a career up North! Sign up here - www.eventbrite.com/e/pupillage-... www.eventbrite.com/e/pupillage-...

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Pupillage Fair (North)

Organised by the North Eastern Circuit and Northern Circuit and supported by the Bar Council.

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The Bar Council @thebarcouncil.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Good morning from the Bar Council meeting and AGM in London. We'll be sharing live updates here using #BarCouncil The meeting will start at 10am and the AGM - chaired by the Attorney General - will start at 11am.

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Oh the glamour of being Circuit Leader. Off to London for the morning. This is way too early for a Saturday.

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

Tip 14 - enjoy it. Yeah, okay, I have banged on quite a bit about it being hard work but having my three pupils has been the highlight of my career. And although you should put a lot into it, you get a lot out of it. 1/4

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

Tip 13 - set the rules. If you have expectations of your pupil, make sure they know them. For example, if you expect your pupil to be in chambers to and from certain times - tell them. If you want a piece of work done by a certain day, tell them expressly. 1/3

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

Tip 12 - read the rules. Make yourself fully aware of all the regulatory requirements for you both. You need to know what courses are compulsory. You need to know how ethics are assessed. Make yourself familiar with the regs for the issue of the practising certificate 1/3

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

Tip 11 - a pupil is not just for Christmas (or even just the first six). If you have a pupil for the entire 12 months, the second six is not the time for you to sit back and relax. If you take a pupil only for the second six, you do not have the easy half. 1/6

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

Tip 10 - don’t be that nice. All three of my former pupils are great great friends now. The important word there is “now”. I am incredibly fond of my pupil master (as he was then) and enjoy a pint with him in his retirement. But….

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 01/09/2024

Tip 9 - teach the skills. Slightly repeating myself here but repetition has a pedagogical use (I learnt a new word). Do not just think that watching you do the job is enough, it isn’t. Teaching also involves more than just red pen on that advice. 1/3

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 31/08/2024

Tip 8 - yours is not the only way. Some of the skills of being a barrister are deeply personal. You are not trying to produce a carbon copy of you, you are trying to train a good barrister who deploys their skills. 1/3

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

Tip 7 for new pupil supervisors. Prepare your pupil for the realities of practice, including time management. Give them a piece of work on Monday with a deadline for Friday. On Thursday, give them another piece of work with a deadline for the next day. 1/3

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 29/08/2024

Tip 6 - fill in the gaps. Not everything is going to be covered in the first six simply by following you around. Using the checklist from yesterday’s tips, identify the gaps and fill them in as pupillage progresses. 1/5

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

Tip 5 - have a plan from day one. Have a checklist of skills and a checklist of experience. Discuss it with your pupil on day one to see if there is anything that needs adding to it. Then work your way through it. This provides a structure to pupillage. 1/4

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Tips Day 4 Repeat the task and the feedback. Teaching isn’t always about doing the work once and getting the feedback. Nor is it always the medical “see one teach one do one” approach. This works particularly well with advocacy. Again an example from crime. 1/7

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 26/08/2024

Tip 3 Have a work in progress brief. I will take an example from crime as it is my area of work but am sure can be adapted across all disciplines. Take a set of papers from your upcoming diary. With the DCS you may have to print it out but give them the statements and the exhibits.

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 25/08/2024

Day 2 of tips for supervisors Yesterday was all about taking it seriously. Before we get into the nitty gritty of how to go about it just a little qualification to the “take it seriously” tip. Be nice.

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 24/08/2024

Day 1 of 14 days of tips for pupil supervisors - Take it seriously. Your pupil has worked very hard to get here. In the vast majority of cases, they will have spent a lot of money to get here. This is barrister finishing school.

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 31/08/2024

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Free Representation Unit @freerepunit.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

Pupil supervisors and pupils - do yourself a real favour and read these tips, they are absolutely invaluable.

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 23/08/2024

I have previously done tips for advocacy and tips for pupils. Given the time of the year, it’s going to be tips for pupil supervisors! Starting tomorrow - 14 days of tips for supervisors. Posted on here and on Twitter.

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JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 21/08/2024

This is my debut cricket post on Bluesky - there is no point in only trying to get one of the batters out when you have 9 and 10. Particularly when number 9 is making their debut.

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