‘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
‘Criminal defence barristers should recognise that returning instructions where they are not under a professional duty to do so “should always be a matter of last resort”, the Bar Council has said.’
Legal Futures, 16th February 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘One of the country’s largest chambers is planning to be the first to publish details of barristers’ incomes and caseloads, which would enable comparisons to be made based on gender and ethnicity.’
Legal Futures, 16th February 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The barrister reprimanded for describing his opponent’s instructing lawyer as a “hysterical woman” says he is being “persecuted for expressing inconvenient truths” ‘
Legal Futures, 14th February 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A “high-flying” barrister partner at a City law firm who fabricated a court order was unable to cope with her workload but this did not excuse her misconduct, a Bar tribunal has found.’
Legal Futures, 11th February 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published a report updating its analysis of data on barristers’ income by gender and ethnicity. This builds on previous research by the BSB published in 2020 and research into incomes undertaken by the Bar Council in September 2021 by considering a wider range of factors liked to income (such as seniority and location) as well as comparing pre and post pandemic income levels.’
Bar Standards Board, 7th February 2022
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘A male barrister has been reprimanded for describing his opponent’s instructing lawyer as a “hysterical woman” and female lawyers more generally as intemperate.’
Legal Futures, 10th February 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The chairman of the Bar Council has warned the Legal Services Board (LSB) that it risks infringing the Legal Services Act if it demands that regulators impose new competence regimes without sufficient evidence.’
Legal Futures, 9th February 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Parties before the Commercial Court have been encouraged to allow junior barristers to conduct more advocacy.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd February 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published its annual report on Diversity at the Bar. The report shows that the profession became increasingly diverse in 2021 and that a greater proportion of barristers disclosed their demographic data.’
Bar Standards Board, 28th January 2022
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The number of pupil barristers has rebounded after the pandemic sent it crashing, while women increasingly dominate the junior end of the Bar, new figures have shown.’
Legal Futures, 28th January 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘One in six young barristers say they want to leave the bar over unmanageable or unpredictable working hours, according to a study by the Bar Council.’
Law Society's Gazette, 26th January 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected an appeal from a criminal law barrister suspended for six months by a Bar disciplinary tribunal for lewd comments to a female mini-pupil.’
Legal Futures, 25th January 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
