They are a 30-something Comprehensive school-educated non-Oxbridge grad, it emerges during daring interview The identity of the blogging barrister who is captivating the legal profession is a step closer to being revealed after they did a daring in-person interview at a central London fast food joint. The revealing insight into the person behind The Secret Barrister will be published in tomorrow’s Financial Times as part of its popular Lunch with the FT series. Here is the key section, taken from the online edition (£) when the Secret Barrister walks into Tommi’s Burger Joint in Marylebone, central London:
Speculation about the identity of the Secret Barrister is raging in the robing rooms and chambers of England & Wales. With around 13,500 practising, self-employed barristers, approximately 25% of which specialise in criminal law, the news that the Secret Barrister is aged between 30-40, is of slight build and didn’t go to Oxbridge or a private school will narrow down the pool of potential authors significantly. Add to that the likelihood that the Secret Barrister is a man — 60% of barristers are male, and SB referred to his moustache in his early days of blogging — and there seems to be a very real chance that he could be identified. At present, “nobody knows in the industry” who the Secret Barrister is, according to the FT interview. If that were to change, the Secret Barrister says that “in reality I wouldn’t be able to keep practising and writing … I would inevitably feel compromised in the writing and would either have to jack that in altogether or leave the Bar, neither of which I want to do.” So maybe for the sake of everyone — his readers, the legal aid bar who he has done a great job of championing and ultimately his own barrister career — it’s better that the secret never gets out. But perhaps permanent anonymity isn’t part of the Secret Barrister’s grand plan. The post The Secret Barrister unmasked in London burger joint appeared first on Legal Cheek. from https://www.legalcheek.com/2018/06/the-secret-barrister-unmasked-in-london-burger-joint/
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