‘Nearly one in three barristers have personal experience of bullying, harassment and/or discrimination (BHD) in the past two years, Bar Council research has revealed.’
Legal Futures, 28th September 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A barrister convicted of council tax fraud who was then found to have lied at a re-hearing has been disbarred.’
Legal Futures, 29th September 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A “positive action scheme” for advocates who have the potential to become Treasury Counsel in the future – aimed to address a lack of diversity in their ranks – is to be launched next month.’
Legal Futures, 27th September 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Closed Material Proceedings take place where evidence is so secret that advocates cannot communicate directly with their clients. Angus McCullough QC talks to Rosalind English about the difficulties and obstacles he faces when acting as a Special Advocate in these proceedings.’
Law Pod UK, 24th September 2021
Source: audioboom.com
‘Barristers’ clerks must step up and ensure that both work coming in and marketing efforts by chambers are done with an eye to equality in the way they are distributed, a seminar heard this week.’
Legal Futures, 24th September 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Counsel for a defendant in possession proceedings voluntarily disclosed a draft witness statement to her opposing number and in doing so waived privilege, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 22nd September 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Helena Kennedy QC has launched an urgent appeal to provide support to judges along with lawyers, women’s rights activists, human rights defenders and their families at risk in Afghanistan and in need of a safe haven abroad.’
The Guardian, 21st September 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An employment tribunal has refused to strike out a claim that a chambers discriminated against a pupillage applicant even though it has “little reasonable chance” of succeeding.’
Legal Futures, 21st September 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A London chambers hit by a cyber-attack has secured a final injunction from the High Court against “persons unknown”.’
Legal Futures, 16th September 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The “prevailing mood” among criminal defence barristers is one of “visceral anger and despair” and it is time to draw a line in the sand, the new chair of the Criminal Bar Association warned yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 14th September 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Personal mitigation needs to be treated with “caution” in the context of sexual misconduct, discrimination and harassment, draft new guidance on disciplining barristers warns.’
Legal Futures, 10th September 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal has been urged to put more focus on the role of lawyers in perpetuating the organisation’s intransigence over the IT system’s problems.’
Legal Futures, 10th September 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The defence barrister for Sally Challen, who was the first woman to have her murder conviction quashed under coercive control laws, is to lead a review into domestic homicide laws.’
BBC News, 9th September 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Apprenticeships are a “viable option” to qualification as a barrister, but they would need collaboration between the Bar Standards Board, education providers and the Bar, a new paper has argued.’
Legal Futures, 9th September 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The bar is considering whether to scrap a student aptitude test that weeds out fewer than 1% of candidates, after concluding that it is “not operating as an effective filter”.’
Law Society's Gazette, 3rd September 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A barrister at the centre of a storm of outrage over tweets he published earlier this year has been fined and warned over one tweet that was offensive and “could promote hostility towards Muslims”.’
Legal Futures, 26th August 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘New government data reveals growing use of out of court measures to deal with criminal offences, prompting concerns that they are being deployed to relieve pressure on the justice system.’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th August 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected a claim by Manchester City football club that there was apparent bias on the part of three QCs sitting on a Premier League arbitration panel.’
Legal Futures, 11th August 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Almost 400 solicitors and barristers have signed an open letter to HM Courts & Tribunals Service, refusing to attend a ‘single court listing outside of regular court hours’. The Ministry of Justice responded today by denying the existence of any plan for weekend sittings.’
Law Society's Gazette, 5th August 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Celestine Greenwood, barrister of Exchange Chambers, offers a personal observation as to the extent that the family justice system adequately and properly serves our society.’
Family Law Week, 5th August 2021
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
