‘Six leading commercial sets have joined forces to launch a mentoring scheme aimed at people from groups which are underrepresented at the commercial Bar.’
Litigation Futures, 29th July 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A barrister who sits as a tribunal chair for the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is a “worker” and entitled to holiday pay, an employment tribunal has ruled, opening the door to thousands of other claims.’
Legal Futures, 29th July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Maximum payments to clients of dishonest solicitors are to be slashed from £2m to £500,000 as part of measures to reduce the financial burden on the profession, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has announced.’
Law Society's Gazette, 28th July 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Some 55% barristers would consider leave the Bar if the courts adopt extended operating hours (EOH) and they could set back female barristers’ progress by 50 years, research has found.’
Legal Futures, 27th July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Hundreds of crime lawyers have issued public refusals to attend hearings in evenings or at weekends as new figures show that backlogs in courts and tribunals were growing even before the coronavirus.’
Legal Futures, 24th July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The end of the coronavirus pandemic will be followed by a “massive increase” in demand for legal services, the president of the Law Society has predicted.’
Legal Futures, 22nd July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has said there was no reason “at all” why a defendant in a €20m arbitration had to use the Bar and being unable to find counsel at short notice was not a good reason not to participate in the hearing.’
Litigation Futures, 15th July 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Bar Council has come out fighting after the Lord Chancellor told the Today programme that there was “a lot of support” from the legal profession for extending court sitting hours to help recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.’
Legal Futures, 14th July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Criminal defence barristers have made a desperate plea to peers for government support to survive the Covid-19 crisis, with solicitors agreeing that the profession was in dire straits.’
Legal Futures, 13th July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has refused a request from a litigant in person to recuse herself from hearing a case where she had briefly supervised counsel for the defendants at her old chambers.’
Litigation Futures, 8th July 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Shadow justice minister Karl Turner has called for an “immediate increase” in legal aid rates if criminal law firms are to survive, along with measures to save the Bar.’
Legal Futures, 7th July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The average barrister only makes one notification of a possible professional negligence claim every 20 years, figures from the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund (BMIF) have revealed.’
Legal Futures, 3rd July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A drunken barrister who threatened a fellow member of chambers in a bid to have them accede to a tenancy application has been reprimanded by a Bar disciplinary tribunal.’
Legal Futures, 2nd July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘New research from the Bar Council has revealed the challenge faced by many self-employed barristers in England and Wales as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown.’
The Bar Council, 1st July 2020
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘Online invigilators for the Bar exams taking place in August have been trained to differentiate between candidates looking around naturally and trying to read hidden notes, students have been warned.’
Legal Futures, 30th June 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Lawyer Christian Weaver is teaching people in England and Wales about their rights with a series of YouTube videos called The Law in 60 Seconds.’
BBC News, 30th June 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘High Court decision (24/06/20) concerning solicitor/barrister professional negligence arising out of a personal injury case.’
Parklane Plowden Chambers, 24th June 2020
Source: www.parklaneplowden.co.uk
‘In Episode 117, Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Martin Forde QC on systemic racial inequality relating to Windrush, immigration history and at the Bar.’
Law Pod UK, 25th June 2020
Source: audioboom.com
‘The Inns of Court should build a “large co-working space”, possibly on one of their “grand gardens”, to increase the number of pupillages, the president of the Middle Temple Students Association has said.’
Legal Futures, 25th June 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Barristers who believe their chambers are “colour-blind” and treat everyone the same “have a problem” and need to change their mindset, a high-profile black QC has said.’
Legal Futures, 22nd June 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
