‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is planning a “statement of consolidated good practice” for chambers, which not only sets out the minimum regulatory requirements but how to go “above and beyond” them.’
Legal Futures, 28th September 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Crown Court judges have been releasing potentially dangerous criminals unlawfully because of delays linked to the criminal barristers’ strike, the High Court has heard.’
BBC News, 27th September 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Law Society and Bar Council have expressed concern about new economic crime provisions put forward by the government that target the legal profession.’
Legal Futures, 27th September 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Judges acted wrongly when expressing views on the criminal barristers’ strike as they refused to keep defendants behind bars in cases delayed by the ongoing pay dispute, the high court has heard.’
The Guardian, 26th September 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘One of the country’s leading human rights barristers has complained about Twitter accounts and emails purporting to be from her and other human rights defenders that spring up when they criticise China.’
Legal Futures, 26th September 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The director of public prosecutions is bringing a High Court challenge against judges’ refusal to detain defendants for longer ahead of trial amid record-high backlogs and legal strikes.’
BBC News, 26th September 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Four people accused of murder are to be released on bail after a judge refused to extend the time they could be kept in custody pending trial.’
The Guardian, 22nd September 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Four lawyer review and comparison websites have agreed to join a Bar Standards Board (BSB) pilot on whether they can work for barristers and their consumers.’
Legal Futures, 23rd September 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Barristers on strike in England and Wales have been urged to return to work during their first round of negotiations with the justice secretary.’
BBC News, 21st September 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A barrister who laughed after forcing himself on his Tinder date has been jailed for four years for rape.’
The Independent, 16th September 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man has been told he will have to spend at least four years and three months in jail without trial as a result of Covid, barrister strikes and a malfunctioning courtroom.’
The Guardian, 15th September 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is to encourage those it regulates to use terms like “racially minoritised” and “marginalised by race” if they have to use collective language to describe ethnicity.’
Legal Futures, 15th September 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The courts and the Bar need to do more to be accessible to disabled people, with their approach to disability lagging behind how they treat other protected characteristics, it has been argued.’
Legal Futures, 15th September 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Barristers have accused ministers of ignoring a crisis in the criminal justice system by continuing to roll out pre-recorded video evidence for rape survivors in England and Wales amid a strike by advocates. The policy, allowing complainants of offences including modern slavery to be cross-examined before trial in front of a limited number of people, was extended to five more crown courts on Friday, taking the total to 63. Three-quarters of courts are covered and all will be by the end of the month.’
The Guardian, 9th September 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Criminal law is “not dying, it’s pretty much dead” one barrister has claimed.’
BBC News, 6th September 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘As many defence barristers begin an indefinite strike over pay, the BBC spoke to a barrister about her day-to-day work in the “falling apart” criminal justice system and to an alleged victim of sexual abuse caught up in the backlog of cases.’
BBC News, 5th September 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Barristers in England and Wales are starting an indefinite, uninterrupted strike, in an escalation of industrial action over pay which began in April.’
BBC News, 5th September 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Court “chaos” is resulting in criminals going free, the victims’ commissioner has warned, as barristers move to an all-out strike. Record backlogs, which are already seeing cases scheduled late in 2024, are expected to be worsened significantly by a continuous walkout starting on Tuesday that will bring most crown court hearings to a halt in England and Wales.’
The Independent, 29th August 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘There is little evidence of bullying, discrimination and harassment on Bar training courses, students have reported as part of Bar Standards Board (BSB) research into equality and diversity (E&D) at the vocational stage of training.’
Legal Futures, 25th August 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“The walkout in England and Wales is not merely about pay: it is about a criminal justice system that has been left to crumble.”
The Guardian, 22nd August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
