‘The earnings gap between male and female barristers is not explained by caring responsibilities, choice of practice area, or amount of legally aided work”, new research by the Bar Council has found.’
Legal Futures, 24th April 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Barristers and chambers can actively manage practice and career development to mitigate the earnings gap between men and women at the self-employed Bar, according to new research from the Bar Council: New practitioner earnings differentials at the self-employed Bar.’
The Bar Council, 23rd April 2024
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘A direct access barrister who lied to a client over files that were accidentally destroyed by his chambers has been suspended for six months by a Bar disciplinary tribunal.’
Legal Futures, 23rd April 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The leading law firm Fieldfisher LLP was appointed in 2023 to carry out an end-to-end review of the Bar Standards Board’s (BSB) enforcement system, encompassing all the BSB’s systems, processes and policies. After agreement in principle by the Board, the full report is today being published.’
Bar Standards Board, 12th April 2024
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘Leading barrister warns that the kit – used to support gender-questioning children – is likely to be in breach of equality laws and could violate pupils’ rights.’
The Guardian, 13th April 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has the right approach to dealing with complaints about barristers’ conduct but there are “a large number of areas” for improvement, a major review has concluded.’
Legal Futures, 12th April 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Council has strongly attacked plans by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to scrap the requirement that Bar students must have at least a lower second-class degree.’
Legal Futures, 11th April 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘More than 60 lawyers, campaigners, politicians and academics are backing a women’s rights lawyer who faces suspension after challenging a judge for having “a boys’ club” attitude in a ruling on a domestic abuse case.’
The Independent, 7th April 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has decided not to investigate a gender-critical barrister who was accused of being transphobic by misgendering two trans lawyers.’
Legal Futures, 2nd April 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Council said yesterday that membership of the men-only Garrick Club creates “the potential for unfair advantage” when it came to practitioners needing references to become judges.’
Legal Futures, 28th March 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In response to the media reports about membership of the Garrick Club, the Bar Council has issued the following statement:
Chair of the Bar Council, Sam Townend KC, said: “At the heart of the Bar Council’s work, as the representative body for all barristers in England and Wales, is a commitment to fairness, equality and diversity. We are proud of the work that the Bar Council does in striving to achieve an inclusive and meritocratic legal profession.”‘
The Bar Council, 27th March 2024
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published its annual report, Diversity of the BSB Workforce and Board Members 2023. It follows the publication of the Diversity at the Bar Report 2022, which showed that the Bar continues to become more diverse and more representative of the society that it serves but women and barristers from minoritised ethnic backgrounds remain underrepresented at the most senior levels of the Bar.’
Bar Standards Board, 20th March 2024
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board could ask foreign lawyers seeking to be called in England and Wales to prove they intend to practise here, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 22nd March 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Lady Chief Justice yesterday spoke out in support of the cab-rank rule, arguing that without it “law and justice become an arbitrary concept”.’
Legal Futures, 20th March 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Pupil barristers are receiving increased awards for their work but debt levels are also rising, a survey by the Bar Council has found.’
Legal Futures, 14th March 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Council has warned the Bar Standards Board (BSB) not to go too far in its oversight of chambers and said its idea of encouraging smaller sets to merge is “inappropriate”.’
Legal Futures, 7th March 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The number of pupillages offered has hit a new record — exceeding pre-pandemic levels, the Bar Council’s new Pupillage Gateway report published today has shown.’
The Bar Council, 22nd February 2024
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘A barrister who “recklessly misled” the Bar Standards Board (BSB) into giving him a practising certificate (PC) by falsely stating that he was a door tenant at a set of chambers has been disbarred.’
Legal Futures, 22nd February 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Bibi Badejo reports from a packed Inns of Court Women’s Alliance event examining the experiences of Black women barristers and imparting crucial advice for Black women navigating the legal profession.’
Counsel, 19th February 2024
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘Counsel for a defendant in a civil case concerning the £237m collapse of mini bond issuer London Capital & Finance excused themselves from court on the first hearing day this morning – stating that there was no prospect of their fees being paid.’
Law Society's Gazette, 19th February 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
