‘Rachel Crasnow QC, who practises in employment law at Cloisters chambers and is the Chair of the Bar Council Legislation & Guidance Panel, looks at why Shared Parental Leave, which came into force a year ago, could be relevant to barristers and why it shouldn’t be ignored by the Bar.’
The Bar Council, 7th April 2016
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘The BSB is today publishing three documents about its approach to risk-based regulation.’
Bar Standards Board, 5th April 2016
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘Commercial pressures on barristers are causing high risk behaviours that are detectable in complaints received by the Bar Standards Board (BSB), an assessment of future regulatory dangers has revealed.’
Legal Futures, 6th April 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Barristers have a vital role in helping clients and witnesses understand the legal system but their own “distinct and tribal culture” is a barrier to doing so, a Bar Standards Board (BSB) report has found.’
Legal Futures, 4th April 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected a bid by a would-be barrister to lift a decade-old declaration that she was a vexatious litigant, which she said was harming her prospects of becoming a lawyer.’
Legal Futures, 4th April 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The barrister and human rights campaigner Martha Spurrier is to succeed Shami Chakrabarti as the director of Liberty.
The Guardian, 31st March 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘In 2015, the BSB authorised BPP Professional Education to deliver an online Forensic Accounting course to pupils and new practitioners following a review of the face-to-face two day mandatory course.’
Bar Standards Board, 29th March 2016
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board’s (BSB) application to become a licensing authority for alternative business structures (ABS) has been approved by the Legal Services Board (LSB).’
Bar Standards Board, 30th March 2016
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has received the green light to license alternative business structures (ABSs).’
Legal Futures, 30th March 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published its new Strategic Plan for 2016-19 and its Business Plan for 2016-17.’
Bar Standards Board, 22nd March 2016
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘Plans by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to introduce a more flexible, outcomes-focused CPD scheme have met with widespread opposition from barristers.’
Legal Futures, 21st March 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Council has warned that the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Budget announcement that the Insurance Premium Tax will go up yet again is another barrier for hardworking individuals and families seeking justice.’
The Bar Council, 18th March 2016
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today launched its consultation on the Professional Statement threshold standard and competences.’
Bar Standards Board, 14th March 2016
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘After years of speaking out on human rights, the Liberty director is stepping down. She describes why repeated attacks on freedom from governments of left and right – and the bullying tactics of their wannabe Malcolm Tuckers – haven’t dented her optimism.’
The Guardian, 16th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Responses to Lord Justice Briggs’ recommendation to create an Online Court (OC) have pitted sceptical solicitors and barristers against others who have given the scheme a more generous reception.’
Legal Futures, 15th March 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A barrister who gained a pupillage by lying about her age, faking references and falsely claiming she had been an assistant district attorney in New York has been disbarred.’
Legal Futures, 14th March 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Further to the BSB’s last announcement in December 2015, the regulator has concluded its review into the role of BCAT.’
Bar Standards Board, 9th March 2016
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The Bar Council has stepped up its efforts to tackle any residual sexual harassment in the profession, now with a guide to help chambers. This forms part of the response to the Bar Council’s 2015 research, Snapshot: The Experience of Self-Employed Women at the Bar, which highlighted instances of unacceptable behaviour experienced by some barristers.’
The Bar Council, 7th March 2016
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘Speech by Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, 26 February 2016.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 29th February 2016
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Monitoring complaints against barristers to make sure disciplinary processes are carried out in a fair and unbiased manner has always been a priority for the Bar Standards Board (BSB).’
Bar Standards Board, 24th February 2016
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
