‘The High Court has rejected as “totally without merit” a set of claims against a barrister arbitrator, including a claim in bailment for gold bullion.’
Litigation Futures, 17th October 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Proposed changes to the system for appointing QCs are “too onerous” and “potentially counterproductive in addressing issues of diversity”, the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has warned.’
Legal Futures, 18th October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A judge who was “snide” and disparaging to counsel for one of the parties before her did nonetheless not give the appearance of bias, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 15th October 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has granted permission for the bar regulator to change the standard of proof applied in disciplinary proceedings, a move which could make it easier for barristers to be sanctioned.’
Law Society's Gazette, 12th October 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A barrister has won the right to see suspicious activity reports (SARs) that his bank made to the National Crime Agency (NCA) about money received into his accounts.’
Legal Futures, 10th October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘It is “unacceptable” that there is still no guidance on the proportionality test more than five years after it came into force, a leading costs silk has argued.’
Litigation Futures, 9th October 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘It’s not just women who are victims, not just men who are perpetrators and not just dinosaurs who are the problem. Sophie Garner and Esther Gamble outline the new Bar Council guidance on sexual harassment – busting myths, altering mindsets and powering collaborative change.’
Counsel, October 2018
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘The magic of the Bar, call of the Bench and parallel lives: in a rare interview Lord Sumption sets the record straight with Anthony Inglese.’
Counsel, October 2018
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘The Bar Council is to publish new guidance for barristers and chambers on dealing with sexual harassment, amid claims that many chambers’ existing policies are “wholly ineffective”.’
Legal Futures, 8th October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is to assess the future of pupillage after the deadline for chambers to respond to a consultation on reforms passed on Sunday.’
Law Society's Gazette, 1st October 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Reports of sexual harassment at the Bar are not turning into formal complaints to barristers’ regulator, new figures have shown.’
Legal Futures, 1 October 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published its Enforcement Report for 2017-18. The report provides an overview of the regulator’s enforcement work during the year and includes statistics about the volume, trends and outcomes of complaints about barristers, including disciplinary proceedings.’
Bar Standards Board, 28th September 2018
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The first set to be named after a woman in the history of the Bar is to honour one of the first two female King’s Counsel, as they then were, it has emerged. 218 Strand Chambers in London – which claims to be the closest set of chambers to the Royal Courts of Justice – is to change its name to Normanton Chambers in January.’
Legal Futures, 27th September 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has been urged to take control from the Inns of Court of deciding whether someone is ‘fit and proper’ to be called to the Bar.’
Legal Futures, 26th September 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Proposed reforms to barristers’ training would “unacceptably dilute” the bar’s standards by giving solicitors an easy route to entry, the Bar Council has said. In its response to proposals for reforming the education and training requirements for barristers, the representative body says that exempting solicitor advocates from parts of the qualification process would “be attractive to solicitors who regard admission to the bar as a badge of achievement, and who will recognise that this route to that badge is fundamentally less arduous than the route barristers currently take.”‘
Law Society's Gazette, 19th September 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Bar Council has reacted with outrage to training reforms that it says would include automatically ‘passporting’ solicitors with rights of audience and academics through qualification as barristers, thus “diluting” the brand.’
Legal Futures, 19th September 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Consumers tend to shop around or use a public access barrister and ignore their solicitor’s recommendation when trust had broken down, according to Bar Standards Board-commissioned (BSB) research.
Legal Futures, 17th September 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘It would be “extremely disappointing” if barristers’ became more defensive in their behaviour as a result of lowering the standard of proof for disciplinary matters, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has said.’
Legal Futures, 13th September 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today launched a consultation to seek views about its proposed new rules to improve transparency standards for clients of the Bar.’
Bar Standards Board, 13th September 2018
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘Robing rooms may be a private sanctuary for barristers but they cannot be viewed as a “no-go area” for their regulator, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 28th August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
