“The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is in the final stages of drawing up plans to regulate barristers, in preparation for the next round of reforms under the Legal Services Act (LSA).”
Legal Week, 11th December 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The 2009 Chairman of the Bar Council, Desmond Browne QC, will set the Bar Council’s agenda for 2009 later today, in his inaugural speech to be delivered at 1730 in the Spy Room, 10 South Square, Gray’s Inn.”
The Bar Council, 8th December 2008
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Consumers of legal services can save money and enjoy services better tailored to their needs if, in suitable cases, they go straight to a barrister for help. That is the main message arising from a day of activities happening today alongside the publication of a new study of the benefits of direct access to the Bar.”
The Bar Council, 27th November 2008
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Justice Minister Bridget Prentice has given a speech at the Access to the Bar conference organised by the Bar Council.”
Ministry of Justice, 27th November 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Our series last year highlighting some of the brightest young legal talent proved so popular we had to run it again. This week, ten young British barristers destined for the top of the profession.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Lawyers prosecuting tax and customs fraud and illegal drug cartels have made more than £75m in fees over the past five years, according to Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office figures.”
The Guardian, 17th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The first episode of a major new documentary will be broadcast this Friday on BBC 2. The Barristers is an intimate portrait which details life at the Bar from aspiring barristers through to senior silks.”
The Bar Council, 10th November 2008
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Who are the Inns of Court A-listers of the future? Dominic Carman meets 10 up-and-coming young barristers who are being tipped for the top.”
Legal Week, 6th November 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Years in the making, The Barristers is a ground-breaking fly-on-the-wall documentary produced by an award-winning film crew from BBC Bristol, who were granted unprecedented access to court life after lengthy negotiations with the Bar Council.”
The Open University, 21st October 2008
Source: www.open.ac.uk
“As the legal profession waits eagerly for next Friday’s screening of the first fly-on-the-wall documentary series devoted to the realities of court life (The Barristers, 14 November, BBC2, 9pm), leading London chambers are keen to spread the word that having a privileged background is no longer enough to secure a path to the Bar.”
The Independent, 6th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Tim Dutton QC, the Chairman of the Bar, has called for a renewed focus on protecting the most vulnerable members of society and ensuring that diversity, within society and the Bar itself, is celebrated and encouraged.”
The Bar Council, 1st November 2008
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Lawyers including The Times Law Panel give their views on the state of the profession ahead of this year’s Bar conference.”
The Times,31st October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Barristers meet this Saturday for their annual conference facing an uncertain future. Or do they? With the courts’ cash crisis and squeeze on public funds, criminal and family barristers have never felt as vulnerable. Meanwhile, their ‘fatter’ commercial colleagues thrive. So is the Bar becoming a two-branch profession?”
The Times, 30th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Commenting on today’s announcement from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of a way ahead in relation to very high cost cases (VHCCs ), Tim Dutton QC, Chairman of the Bar Council said: ‘The Bar is committed to serving the public interest and to undertaking these difficult cases with the most able and experienced barristers, as efficiently as possible and within the constraints of the legal aid budget.’ ”
The Bar Council, 24th October 2008
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Top chambers including Matrix and Outer Temple are looking at opportunities available through alternative business structures (ABS) as the Legal Services Act (LSA) gains momentum at the Bar.”
Legal Week, 23rd October 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The Bar Council today published a new guide entitled ‘The Modern Bar’ as part of its continuing work to demystify its role and that of barristers.”
The Bar Council, 17th October 2008
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“If it’s already tough getting into the Bar, it’s about to become a great deal tougher. All aspiring barristers will soon have to take a special aptitude test before they can sit the one-year vocational training course, a move that could weed out hundreds of applicants a year.”
The Times, 15th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Response to Ministry of Justice consultation paper: Reforming the Legal Aid Family Barrister Fee Scheme.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 14th October 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“An MP has expressed outrage after a barrister referred to a teenage rape victim’s photos on social networking site Facebook showing her looking happy.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court of Appeal
“A barrister without chambers who was deemed to be practising but not subject to the disciplinary rules of the Bar’s Code of Conduct was not entitled to provide immigration advice or services contrary to sections 84 and 91 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.”
The Times, 8th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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