‘The potential negligence of a QC and high-profile law firm to advise a client on limitation was irrelevant as the underlying claim would not have succeeded anyway, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 25th April 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Mary Prior QC profiles the founders of BDABar, Konstantina Nouka and James Ekin, who are determined to improve accessibility, support and inclusivity at the Bar, and dismantle the barriers that disabled aspiring barristers face.’
Counsel, April 2022
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘A call to action on access: Dr Gregory Burke’s stark “lessons learnt” as a disabled barrister and why chambers are showing a “failure of imagination”.’
Counsel, April 2022
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected an appeal from a barrister disbarred after a council tax conviction and submission of dishonest evidence to a Crown Court.’
Legal Futures, 19th April 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The number of barristers practising full-time in publicly-funded criminal law dropped by 11% last year, according to analysis by the Bar Council. In 2021, only 2,400 barristers reported that their practice was entirely publicly-funded criminal work, down from from 2,670 the previous year.’
Law Society's Gazette, 8th April 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Nearly 2,500 barristers who are essential to the criminal justice system in England and Wales are starting industrial action over concerns about legal aid funding.’
BBC news, 11th April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An introduction to neurodiversity and why the Bar ought to embrace it – by Oliver May.’
Counsel, March 2022
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘Nearly four in 10 pupils have either personally experienced or observed bullying, harassment and/or discrimination (BHD), Bar Council research has revealed.’
Legal Futures, 4th April 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is to ditch the Bar course aptitude test (BCAT) as it is no longer acting as a “filter” of those likely to fail the vocational component of their training.’
Legal Futures, 1st April 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A new campaign for increased legal aid funding has been launched after the findings of a unique census showed the market will not be sustainable without more government action.’
Legal Futures, 31st March 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A Bar Standards Board (BSB) panel has rejected more than 80 complaints made against a barrister accused of making racist comments on Twitter about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s baby last year.’
Legal Futures, 30th March 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A Bar Standards Board (BSB) panel applied too low a threshold in sanctioning a barrister for a tweet about Muslims that it said would cause offence, a tribunal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 28th March 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Barristers will not be balloted on whether they are happy to accept the proposed £135m package of criminal legal aid reforms announced last week, the Criminal Bar Association has revealed.’
Law Society's Gazette, 22nd March 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Most female barristers say the menopause has had a “negative impact” on their role, with the Bar Council saying it should be a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010.’
Legal Futures, 15th March 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Criminal barristers in England and Wales have voted overwhelmingly to take industrial action beginning next month in protest over levels of legal aid funding.’
The Guardian, 15th March 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Being a judge who “happens to be gay” has “completely disappeared as an issue”, the vice-president of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) has said.’
Legal Futures, 3rd March 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved a 4.5% increase in the practising certificate fee (PCF) for barristers, while warning the Bar Council that the exercise of its regulatory functions, such as setting the fee, “should not be prejudiced” by its representative role.’
Legal Futures, 2nd March 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that a barrister who sat as a tribunal chair for the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) was a “worker” and entitled to sickness and holiday pay.’
Legal Futures, 28th February 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Criminal barristers in England and Wales may strike, in an action that could close down Crown Courts.’
BBC News, 16th February 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has issued a stern warning about breaking embargoes on judgments after a leading chambers accidentally issued a press release a day before the ruling was handed down.’
Legal Futures, 17th February 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
