‘Students considering a career at the Bar can now become involved with the Bar Council and support the organisation’s work on access to justice, as well as benefit from a number of services offered to subscribers by the Bar Council, the representative body for barristers.’
The Bar Council, 29th November 2016
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘Bar Standards Board (BSB) entity regulation is “significantly cheaper and simpler” for sole practitioners and better for clients, according to a solicitor whose start-up law firm is to be regulated by the BSB.’
Legal Futures, 29th November 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has overturned a disciplinary finding against a barrister after finding that the Bar Standards Board “seriously mishandled” the case.’
Legal Futures, 28th November 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The FA has instructed independent leading counsel Kate Gallafent QC to assist it with a review into the abuse cases which have recently come to light.’
The Football Association, 27th November 2016
source: www.thefa.com
‘”Should self-employed barristers enjoy similar rights to shared parental leave as employed barristers?” the Bar Standards Board (BSB) asks in a consultation launched today.’
Bar Standards Board, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘A senior former manager is suing the Crown Prosecution Service for unfair and constructive dismissal in an employment claim that has exposed strains in the way cases are brought to trial.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A barrister who was disbarred after the Employment Appeal Tribunal made a ‘restriction of proceedings’ order (RPO) to prevent him bringing further vexatious claims, has had his appeal to the High Court rejected.’
Legal Futures, 18th November 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The troubled inquiry into historical child sexual abuse is facing further questions from MPs about its future after another senior lawyer resigned and two more are threatening to do so. ‘
The Guardian, 16th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Pro bono training launched for advocates dealing with vulnerable witnesses.’
The Bar Council, 14th November 2016
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘The majority at the employed Bar “do not feel supported or that their work is recognised”, both by the self-employed Bar and the Bar Council, research released yesterday by the latter has found.’
Legal Futures, 4th November 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘New research from the Bar Council, the representative body for all barristers in England & Wales, on employed barristers’ experiences shows that financial security, a good work/life balance, pension and an interesting and diverse range of work are key factors in choosing to work in-house.’
The Bar Council, 3rd November 2016
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘A key lawyer for the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has resigned, BBC Newsnight has learned.’
BBC News, 1st November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Catherine Baksi takes a look at how chambers are adapting to a pressured and competitive environment.’
Counsel, November 2016
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘A barrister who sent out a series of anti-semitic and racist tweets has been disbarred by a Bar disciplinary tribunal.’
Legal Futures, 28th October 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The child sex abuse inquiry dropped an investigation of its most senior lawyer despite a disclosure of alleged sexual assault.’
BBC News, 28th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In Cantonese “Yam seng” means “drink to success”. It is a phrase used when drinking a toast – or, as a Singapore dictionary describes it: “An exclamation made before an alcoholic drink is consumed”. It was also the name of the claimant company in one of the first cases that I heard when I went on the bench…’
Lecture to the Commercial Bar Association, 18 October 2016
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Keynote address at the Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference 2016.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 17th October 2016
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Leading criminal barristers are concerned that victims of sexual attacks may be “scared off” from coming forward by the “over-reaction” of some women’s rights campaigners following the Ched Evans rape verdict.’
The Guardian, 18th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Bar has nothing to fear from an online court, but it must take direct access “seriously”, Lord Justice Briggs has said.’
Legal Futures, 18th October 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Council has teamed up with the Inns of Court and Institute of Barristers’ Clerks (IBC) to launch the Wellbeing at the Bar Portal www.wellbeingatthebar.co.uk – a website to specifically provide support and best practice to barristers, clerks and chambers on wellbeing and mental health issues.’
The Bar Council, 15th October 2016
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
