The indignant sound of fingers clacking on keyboards is ringing out on Phillip Street as barristers in the heart of Sydney's legal district fire off increasingly personal and widely-circulated emails amid a bitter battle for control of the Bar Association.

In the latest chapter in an unedifying saga, one silk has taken aim at the association for the "support of knitting clubs" and child care facilities, triggering a backlash from a colleague over his "sneering comment".

In the latest chapter in an unedifying saga, one silk has taken aim at the association for the "support of knitting clubs"

Two warring factions are vying for control of the 21-member Bar Council, the governing body of the Bar Association. The profession has been bombarded with an unprecedented volume of campaign emails as the factions seek to sway votes before voting in the 2016 Bar Council election closes on November 5.