‘The Bar Standards Board has defended its decision to move exams online, saying “there was simply not enough time” to consult widely about the change. Students have claimed the computer-based assessments will discriminate against women, carers and disabled candidates.’
Law Society's Gazette, 19th June 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Female barristers can now buy court attire actually designed for them after a London junior launched an online shop named after the first two women called to the Bar.’
Legal Futures, 18th June 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Large chambers should be prepared to look after smaller sets “chased out” by their landlords by sharing premises and clerks, a senior criminal law barrister has said.’
Legal Futures, 17th June 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The issue was that the case required a resumption of a finding of fact hearing and that the leading barrister for the children’s mother was “shielding” so could not attend court in person with her client. The mother appealed a decision in the High Court by Mr Justice Williams that the hearing go ahead in June as a “hybrid” hearing i.e. with some parties and lawyers in the court room and others online.’
Transparency Project, 12th June 2020
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘Disability awareness should be a professional requirement, and a mandatory element of criminal lawyers’ CPD, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has recommended.’
Legal Futures, 15th June 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Legal regulators have reacted coolly to the recommendation of Professor Stephen Mayson that they be replaced by a single organisation, arguing instead the case for specialism.’
Legal Futures, 12th June 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Abimbola Johnson is a Black criminal defence barrister, whose experience of the justice system in the UK brings recent events in the US even closer to home.’
Elle Magazine, 5th June 2020
Source: www.elle.com
‘The Black Lives Matter movement (BLM), a global organisation in the UK, US and Canada, was founded in 2013 in response to the death of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal of the man that shot him. BLM connects people from all over the world who want justice and seek to put an end to state violence against Black people.’
5SAH, 12th June 2020
Source: www.5sah.co.uk
‘A QC’s inability to attend court in person because she is shielding, unlike the other counsel in a case, will not make the hearing unfair, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 10th June 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The UK’s criminal justice system is under renewed scrutiny amid a wave of anti-racism protests. EachOther speaks to leading black lawyers to celebrate their work and hear their views on what reform is needed.’
Each Other, 9th June 2020
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘The Senior Costs Judge has approved a £1.5m brief fee for a leading QC who worked on a “titanic” commercial dispute almost exclusively for nine months.’
Litigation Futures, 8th June 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A group of lawyers has begun crowdfunding to support a new initiative aiming to combat racial injustice by facilitating access to justice, funding and legal representation.’
Legal Futures, 4th June 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Bar professional training course (BPTC) students have told the Bar Standards Board (BSB) that its plans for online examinations risk discriminating against women, carers and the disabled.’
Legal Futures, 2nd June 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is to review its approach to policing barristers’ conduct outside of practice, Legal Futures can reveal.’
Legal Futures, 28th May 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The number of hearings in personal injury (PI) cases has halved since lockdown began, new figures have shown, with barristers calling for a presumption towards hearing, rather than adjourning, cases.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd May 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Some chambers may choose to continue operating virtually once the Covid-19 crisis passes, with “significant implications” for their support services and collegiality, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) heard yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 22nd May 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Female barristers have urged the courts and chambers to take action to avoid the coronavirus crisis leading to “further and disproportionate attrition of women from the Bar”.’
Legal Futures, 20th May 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Comments about TV stars Rachel Riley and Tracy-Ann Oberman made in an article retweeted by a London barrister were defamatory, the High Court has ruled in a preliminary hearing.’
Legal Futures, 19th May 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Leading QC Dinah Rose has questioned the decision of a judge not to recuse himself from hearing a case where he had been at school with the director of a defendant company more than 45 years ago.’
Litigation Futures, 14th May 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The physical presence in a sensitive family case of leading counsel shielding from Covid-19 was desirable but “not essential”, a High Court judge has ruled in ordering an in-person hearing.’
Legal Futures, 18th May 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
