‘Families have no automatic right to legal aid at inquests where the state may be implicated and legal aid is means tested. Thus at many such hearings, the family fends for itself while culpable public bodies are represented at taxpayers’ expense.’
Counsel, September 2019
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘A dispute over delays to crown court trials has broken out after criminal barristers accused the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of making false economies by not reducing case backlogs.’
The Guardian, 23rd September 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court has refused a barrister permission to challenge a decision by the Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman over a complaint she made about Supreme Court justice Lord Briggs.’
Legal Futures, 18th September 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The bar regulator has delayed the introduction of compulsory written pupillage agreements which could tackle the “abusive” treatment of pupils.’
Law Society's Gazette, 16th September 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has delayed plans to require chambers to enter into written agreements with pupils, which were due to come into force in just two months’ time.’
Legal Futures, 13th September 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Council has turned to artificial intelligence to help barristers report bullying and harassment quickly and anonymously.’
Law Society's Gazette, 9th September 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published new rules that remove restrictions on the reporting by the profession of sexual orientation, religion and belief data.’
Bar Standards Board, 2nd September 2019
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has said the Bar Standards Board (BSB) now meets the standard it set for improving the quality of advocacy – unlike the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and CILEx Regulation (CR), whose work is ongoing.’
Legal Futures, 3rd September 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The outgoing chair of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has criticised senior judges for failing to follow their Family Division colleagues in adopting email and sitting hours protocols to aid wellbeing.’
Legal Futures, 29th August 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The outgoing chair of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has criticised senior judges for failing to follow their Family Division colleagues in adopting email and sitting hours protocols to aid wellbeing.’
Legal Futures, 29th August 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) discriminated against an associate lawyer who suffered severe fatigue caused by chronic kidney disease, an employment tribunal has found.’
Law Society's Gazette, 19th August 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Martha Cover interviews the celebrated civil rights lawyer Marcia Willis Stewart QC whose egalitarian spirit pervades all her cases.’
Counsel, August 2019
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘Running from the Bar (and back again), the dynamics between bench and counsel, and why family law is no poor relation. Sagacious yet self-effacing, the second-ever female Supreme Court judge agrees to a rare interview.’
Counsel, August 2019
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘Professional negligence actions arising from lawyers under-settling personal injury and clinical negligence claims appear to be on the rise, a specialist barrister has warned.’
Litigation Futures, 7th August 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Requiring chambers to enter into written agreements with pupils may help to counter “shocking” instances of abusive treatment, the Bar Council has said.’
Legal Futures, 5th August 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A judge was wrong to discharge the jury in a criminal trial after “inappropriate” remarks by the defence barrister in his closing speech, the Lord Chief Justice has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 2nd August 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A barrister who only recently returned to practice after completing a three-year suspension for a drugs conviction, has been suspended again.’
Legal Futures, 29th July 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is to cut the length of time that sanctions imposed on misbehaving barristers appear on its website, on the Bar Register and when it responds to requests for information.’
Legal Futures, 23rd July 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) last night decided to update its policy on the publication of disciplinary findings for professional misconduct. The policy will in future extend to all avenues by which the BSB puts disciplinary findings into the public domain and the lengths of time for which such findings are made publicly available have also been revised.’
Bar Standards Board, 19th July
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The Inns of Court College of Advocacy (ICCA) is set to be the first organisation approved to run the new Bar training course, which it is doing on a not-for-profit basis.’
Legal Futures, 12th July 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
