‘Half of barristers feel generally content with their working lives, an increase on the previous time they were surveyed, a report for the Bar Council has found.’
Legal Futures, 6th February 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Today the Bar Council has published the Wellbeing at the Bar Report 2024. The data shows some improvements in wellbeing at the Bar.’
The Bar Council, 2nd February 2024
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is pressing ahead with reforms to the fixed recoverable costs (FRC) regime that came into force in October, opening the door to a possible court challenge.’
Legal Futures, 2nd February 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Council has issued new guidance for barristers navigating the growing use of ChatGPT, and other generative artificial intelligence (AI) large language model systems (LLMs).’
The Bar Council, 30th January 2024
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘Long-term trends of improving diversity at the Bar continued last year, with women now making up just over 40% of barristers, Bar Standards Board (BSB) figures have shown.’
Legal Futures, 29th January 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The potential consequences for two lawyers the High Court has referred to their regulators are not reasons to grant leave for an appeal, the judge has ruled after setting aside a $11bn arbitration award against the Republic of Nigeria.’
Legal Futures, 25th January 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Delaying the point at which barristers are called to the Bar until after obtaining pupillage risks reducing the diversity and strength of the profession, a former Bar Council chair has argued.’
Legal Futures, 23rd January 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Domestic abuse and sexual violence victims are being charged up to tens of thousands of pounds to access court scripts after being wrongly advised not to attend court, The Independent has learned.’
The Independent, 21st January 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘In sexual assault cases, the work of prosecution barristers is complex, poorly paid – and essential. With conviction rates extraordinarily low and barristers quitting criminal practice in droves, the Guardian shadowed one prosecutor for two years.’
The Guardian, 17th January 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Bar Standard Board (BSB) is planning to scrap the requirement that Bar students have at least a lower second-class degree, opening the way for those with third-class degrees or no degree at all to become a barrister.’
Legal Futures, 16th January 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The BSB has launched a three-month public consultation to seek views on our proposed approach to revising the definition of academic legal training and to dealing with consequential waivers and exemptions.’
Bar Standards Board, 9th January 2024
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has rejected an appeal from a barrister expelled from chambers after posting a tweet about a “stroppy teenager of colour”.’
Legal Futures, 11th January 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The new chair of the Bar Council has pushed back at the idea floated by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) that chambers could merge to make regulatory compliance easier.’
Legal Futures, 11th January 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Read Sam Townend KC’s inugural address delivered on Tuesday 9 January at Lincoln’s Inn.’
The Bar Council, 10th January 2024
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘A barrister who caused her assistant to suffer a mental and physical “collapse” has been ordered to pay her over £155,000 in compensation by an employment tribunal.’
Legal Futures, 9th January 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has refused to intervene in a dispute over the counsel for a claimant having previously been on the record for the defendants.’
Legal Futures, 3rd January 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Training to prevent bullying and harassment should be compulsory for barristers, the leader of gender equality group Behind the Gown has said.’
Legal Futures, 19th December 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Training to prevent bullying and harassment should be compulsory for barristers, the leader of gender equality group Behind the Gown has said.’
Legal Futures, 19th December 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Delaying the point at which barristers are called to the Bar until after obtaining pupillage could improve social mobility if it cuts the number of overseas students and “less able domestic students” in the system, the chair of the Bar Council has said.’
Legal Futures, 15th December 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In June 2023, the BSB issued a consultation document seeking views on proposed changes which would widen the powers of the BSB and of Disciplinary Tribunals to protect the public by restricting or suspending a barrister’s ability to practise on an interim basis.’
Bar Standards Board, 14th December 2023
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
