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'Sexist' barrister fined after claiming female lawyers were 'hysterical'

A 'sexist' barrister has been fined and given an official reprimand for claiming that female lawyers were 'overemotional', 'hysterical' and 'intemperate'.

Feliks Kwiatkowski said he had witnessed a 'sea change' since increasing numbers of women had joined the legal profession.

Female lawyers, he argued, had a tendency to 'over-egg the pudding' leading to a 'ground shift' in the way work was approached.

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