‘Barristers specialising in professional negligence are more likely than colleagues in any other area of law to generate complaints, a report by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has found.’
Legal Futures, 25th February 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Students beginning university may have to spend up to £127,000 to qualify as a barrister, the new chair of the Bar Council has warned.’
The Guardian, 23rd February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Every year, throughout February and March, Bar Council members have to take part in the Authorisation to Practice process, which involves renewing your practising certificate, updating your professional information and paying your Practising Certificate Fee and Bar Representation Fee.’
The Bar Council, 19th February 2016
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘Barristers who outsource work must not “ask for or accept” any payment from third parties, the Bar Council has warned.’
Legal Futures, 22nd February 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Purpose: To assist barristers regarding the rules and their ethical obligations relating to outsourcing and the use of litigation assistants.’
Bar Council, 17 February 2016
Source: http://www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘A barrister who was convicted of harassing his ex-partner with texts was last week suspended for three months by a bar tribunal for damaging the trust and confidence the public has in the profession.’
Legal Futures, 15th February 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Barrister representing 17-year-old girl’s family says television would give the teen “a portal on the wider world – football, boys and so on”.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Barristers are at risk of being “squeezed out of the market by a declining case load, a surfeit of barristers and increasing competition from both other regulated legal professionals as well as unregulated service providers”, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has warned.’
Legal Futures, 8th February 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A barrister and firm of solicitors did not act negligently when they advised a client to settle her road traffic accident (RTA) claim after her main witness failed to attend court, the High Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 8th February 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Bar Council, Law Society and Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) have already begun talks on forming a working party that will take forward Lord Justice Jackson’s call for a contingent legal aid fund (CLAF), it has emerged.’
Litigation Futures, 5th February 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Lord Justice Jackson gave the keynote speech at the Solicitors’ Costs Conference on 2 February 2016.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 4th February 2016
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘The BSB is pleased to make public its response to the Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA’s) “Statement of Scope” for its legal services market study.’
Bar Standards Board, 5th February 2016
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘Bar Council Chair Chantal-Aimée Doerries QChas responded to Lord Justice Jackson’s speech on 28 January 2016 to the Insolvency Practitioners’ Association, “Fixed Costs – The Time has come”, calling for recoverable costs to be fixed in all claims valued at up to £250,000.’
The Bar Council, 1st February 2016
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) published today the summary of initial responses it received to its consultation launched in the summer of 2015 on the academic, vocational and pupillage requirements to become qualified as a barrister.’
Bar Standards Board, 1st February 2016
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published its annual report for 2015 on the diversity of the profession.’
Bar Standards Board, 29th January 2016
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The Bar Council has welcomed the Lord Chancellor’s announcement today that the Government is to dispense with the two-tier contracting system.’
The Bar Council, 28th January 2016
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘Following calls from students and chambers, the Bar Council will be moving the Pupillage Gateway timetable starting in January 2017.’
The Bar Council, 18th January 2016
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘Justice Minister Andrew Selous MP has explained the authorisation process for listening in to communications between lawyers and clients in prisons. The parliamentary written answer, published yesterday, suggests that the prison service effectively self-authorises breaches of legal professional privilege (LPP).’
The Bar Council, 13th January 2016
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has launched a survey today to better understand women’s experiences of the equality rules of the BSB Handbook.’
The Bar Council, 12th January 2016
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘With costs for low value PI claims being stripped to bare bones and further cuts on the horizon, maximising fixed costs is essential. In this article, Jasmine Murphy asks the question: Have we all been missing a trick? The trick in this case is another eighth of the costs allowed in fixed costs cases.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 4th January 2016
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
