‘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
‘The bar is reporting a fresh surge of concern about bullying, harassment and discrimination – with most of the reports identifying members of the judiciary as culprits.’
Law Society's Gazette, 8th December 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The historic body has put in place an interim action plan to address the issue, including diversity and inclusion training and an anonymised reporting mechanism.’
Legal Futures, 7th December 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Barristers’ chambers whose lawyers helped defeat the Rwanda scheme at the supreme court have been approached by the attorney general’s office to advise on the next steps for the plans, in a highly unusual move.’
The Guardian, 4th December 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court has refused to order costs in favour of a barrister who successfully reduced the suspension imposed on him for recklessly misleading the Court of Appeal.’
Legal Futures, 5th December 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Lawyers can sometimes be “too inclined” to act unethically or use a “mistaken” adherence to an overly narrow view of the rule of law to justify questionable conduct, major new research has said.’
Legal Futures, 1st December 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Nearly half of UK students on the Bar training course are now from ethnic minority backgrounds, compared to a quarter a decade ago, according to new figures.’
Legal Futures, 1st December 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A practising barrister has been fined after speaking in a German accent and raising his hand in a Nazi salute in court.’
BBC News, 28th November 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
