‘A leading British lawyer has compared UK government attacks on the profession to the tactics used by authoritarian regimes. Helena Kennedy KC, one of the UK’s most renowned criminal lawyers and a Labour peer, said ministers were deliberately creating scapegoats.’
The Guardian, 10th September 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Bar Council is to meet non-disclosure agreement (NDA) pressure group Can’t Buy My Silence in the wake of its criticism of the barrister body’s stance.’
Legal Futures, 5th September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The woman who first broke a Harvey Weinstein non-disclosure agreement (NDAs) has strongly criticised the Bar Council for dismissing the growing evidence of NDA abuse.’
Legal Futures, 4th September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Would-be students on last year’s worst performing Bar training course – at Hertfordshire University – cannot start it this month after the Bar Standards Board (BSB) intervened.’
Legal Futures, 1st September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A barrister made subject to a wasted costs order because of his conduct of an immigration judicial review has been reprimanded and fined by the Bar Standards Board (BSB).’
Legal Futures, 30th August 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has warned that it cannot stop the growing interest in featuring barristers on online review and comparison websites, even if the profession wants it to.’
Legal Futures, 24th August 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In March, 2023, many lawyers, including 18 barristers, signed a “declaration” that they will not prosecute climate-change activists or act for those promoting new fossil fuel projects. Is the ‘cab rank rule’ [Code rC28 -29] under threat?’
Doughty Street Chambers, 20th July 2023
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘Today marks the end of South Asian Heritage Month, an annual celebration which commemorates South Asian cultures, histories and communities. It began in 2020 and runs from 18 July to 17 August each year. We spoke to HHJ Usha Karu about her background and journey into law.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary , 17th August 2023
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘Judges needed to “speak out” over racism in the judiciary and counsel should challenge the bench when they witness it, two leading barristers have argued.’
Legal Futures, 17th August 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Know where to start on ESG? Rachel Holmes – CEO of the chambers named “Responsible Business of the Year 2023” – shares its blueprint.’
Counsel Magazine, August 2023
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘The number of “pile-ons” on legal Twitter is “getting out of hand”, the chairman of the Bar Council has argued.’
Legal Futures, 10th August 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Wellbeing matters to everyone at the Bar. In this new video, leaders from across the Bar explore some of the issues and challenges the profession faces, as well as potential solutions and ways for members of the Bar and associated professions to get help if they need it.’
The Bar Council, 27th July 2023
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has “no role” in “attempting to control or regulate lawyers involved in assisting clients in the lawful use of NDAs”, the Bar Council has said.’
Legal Futures, 1st August 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Council has accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of undermining trust in the profession by claiming that a “subset of lawyers” are exploiting illegal migrants for profit.’
Legal Futures, 26th July 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Speech by the Master of the Rolls to the Bar Council of England and Wales.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 18th July 2023
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘Independence and the public interest: the role of a legal services regulator. Talk by Mark Neale, Director General, Bar Standards Board – 3 July 2023.’
Bar Standards Board, 4th July 2023
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The chair of the Bar Council has spoken out in support of a feminist barrister who said yesterday that she has complained about abuse from more than 50 “mainly White male” barristers.’
Legal Futures, 6th July 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘There are many working practices at the Bar “which may have outlived their usefulness and no longer work in the interests of consumers”, the director general of the Bar Standards Board (BSB) said yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 4th July 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The results of a practising barrister’s experiment of applying for pupillage in a different area of law indicates that a lack of academic achievement remains a huge barrier even then.’
Legal Futures, 4th July 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The backlog of adult rape cases in crown courts in England and Wales has risen to almost four times the level it was in 2019.’
The Guardian, 29th June 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
