‘The Bar Council is calling for more funding for the justice system, as it launches a new, live, interactive map of key national and regional data on access to justice across England and Wales.’
The Bar Council, 20th June 2022
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘The government has revealed that it hopes to lay secondary legislation shortly that would see criminal legal aid fees increase by the end of September.’
Law Society's Gazette, 17th June 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The announcement of three specialist courtrooms to prosecute rape cases has been dismissed as a “gimmick” that does not address the chronic underfunding of the justice system that led to a fall in convictions.’
The Guardian, 16th June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Following the Prime Minister’s comments suggesting lawyers representing migrants were “abetting the work of criminal gangs”, the Bar Council and Law Society of England and Wales have issued [a] joint statement.’
The Bar Council, 14th June 2022
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘The rules against discrimination and harassment by barristers need to be strengthened by removing the requirement that the actions be unlawful, two QCs have argued.’
Legal Futures, 14th June 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A law firm being sued for more than £2m over a failure to advise properly has failed in its bid for summary judgment over several of the allegations made against it.’
Legal Futures, 13th June 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Barristers are to be balloted this weekend on escalating industrial action over legal aid rates as figures reveal the number of crown court cases adjourned because of a shortage of lawyers has increased nearly fivefold over the decade.’
The Guardian, 11th June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Legal regulators must take action to ensure that lawyers are not operating with “out-of-date” skills or knowledge, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has said.’
Legal Futures, 10th June 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘County court judges would benefit from “more authoritative guidance” from the higher courts on whether unqualified solicitor’s agents have rights of audience, a circuit judge has said.’
Legal Futures, 10th June 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A very senior criminal law QC has been suspended for a year over a decision not to disclose surveillance evidence which ultimately led to a conviction being overturned on appeal.’
Legal Research, 8th June 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) and Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service (BTAS) have agreed to impose “deterrent” sanctions for sexual and racial misconduct and other forms of discrimination, bullying or harassment.’
Legal Futures, 7 June 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Equality and Diversity Sub-Committees of COMBAR, ChBA and Tecbar (the “SBAs”) are delighted to issue the report “The Specialist Commercial Bar & Black Inclusion – First Steps” (“the Report”) for consideration by members and member sets.’
The Chancery Bar Association, April 2022
Source: www.chba.org.uk
‘A cost agreement cannot be undone simply because one party claimed to have stopped instructing the barrister concerned.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th May 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Professionally embarrassed? The circumstances in which criminal barristers may return instructions to appear at trial have become clearer following the Court of Appeal judgment in R v Daniels.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 10th May 2022
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected an Italian law firm’s bid to stay a barrister’s claim for outstanding fees because of an action it took against him in its home country.’
Legal Futures, 16th May 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A barrister who successfully defended a pub landlord accused of failing to close his pub during tier 4 lockdown in February 2021 has claimed the case should serve “as a reminder that even in extraordinary circumstances, the rules of PACE and good practice ought not to be forgotten”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th May 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Legal regulators need to have summary processes in place to deal with vexatious litigants who use their procedures to continue a “proxy war” against lawyers, a High Court judge has said.’
Legal Futures, 10th May 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A litigant who tried to argue that his costs order was agreed by a barrister who was no longer instructed has lost a court challenge.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th May 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A former nurse who made “wholly inappropriate and unjustified allegations of wrongdoing” against lawyers has been banned from bringing proceedings for two years by a High Court judge, who said regulators must be “astute in identifying litigants who abusively use [the] regulatory process”.’
Law Society's Gazette, 6th May 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Justice minister James Cartlidge has admitted to MPs that the government’s response to an independent review of criminal legal aid was “not exactly” what its author, Sir Christopher Bellamy, proposed.’
Legal Futures, 28th April 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
