‘Using a Professional Statement to define what a newly authorised barrister should be able to do from “day one” – the point of being issued a Full Practising Certificate – could be the key to making qualification routes to the Bar more flexible and innovative, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has said.’
Bar Standards Board, 15th April 2015
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
Fairness in the courts: the best we can do (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger
Supreme Court, 10th April 2015
Source: www.supremecourt.uk
‘There is an “urgent need for commercial practitioners to bring a sense of proportion” to hard-fought litigation, a High Court judge said yesterday as he called on lawyers to bring down, rather than raise, the temperature of disputes.’
Litigation Futures, 17th April 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘‘The cab-rank rule is dead, long live the cab-rank principle’, or words to that effect, may be heard before too long..’
Legal Futures, 16th April 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The barristers’ regulator, the Bar Standards Board (BSB), has today approved 15 new businesses as it begins authorising BSB-regulated entities – companies or partnerships that provide advocacy, litigation, and expert legal advice services.’
Bar Standards Board, 8th April 2015
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The barristers’ regulator, the Bar Standards Board (BSB), has today approved 15 new businesses as it begins authorising BSB-regulated entities – companies or partnerships that provide advocacy, litigation, and expert legal advice services.’
Bar Standards Board, 8th April 2015
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The last of the three “state of the Bar” reports, the “Criminal Justice, Advocacy and the Bar” Report by the Criminal Justice Reform Group (generally known as the Rivlin Report) was released shortly before Easter. Unlike Leveson and Jeffrey’s, the MoJ did not commit to consider this report before deciding on the future of legal aid provision. As this was a report commissioned by the Bar Council (the report itself acknowledges “we should stress that the substance of this Report, and the recommendations which accompany it, are independent and made on behalf of the Bar”), this may not have been a bad call by the MoJ.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 7th April 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘A report for the Bar Council on the future of criminal justice and advocacy has recommended that legal executives are kept out of the Crown Courts, while solicitors should only be granted rights of audience if they have undergone the same level of training as barristers.’
Legal Futures, 31st March 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A new report by His Honour Geoffrey Rivlin QC, chair of the Criminal Justice Reform Group, commissioned by the Bar Council, sets out key recommendations for sustaining the criminal justice system in England & Wales.’
The Bar Council, 31st March 2015
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘After a whirlwind week in which she beat attempts to conceal royal communications, the ‘formidable’ Dinah Rose QC shows no signs of slowing.’
The Guardian, 28th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A former solicitor and non-practising barrister who was convicted of a string of offences – including assaulting two police officers and defrauding the Law Society of £23,000 while a member of its council – has been disbarred two months after she was struck off the roll of solicitors.’
Legal Futures, 27th March 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘More than 80% of barristers have declined to disclose information about their socio-economic backgrounds when asked to do so by their professional regulator, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 27th March 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Sixteen businesses have so far completed their applications to be regulated by the Bar Standards Board (BSB), it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 25th March 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today [24 March] published the minimum terms of the professional indemnity insurance it expects BSB-regulated businesses (“entities”) to have in place.’
Bar Standards Board, 24th March 2015
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The barristers’ regulator, the Bar Standards Board (BSB), has today formally asked that Queen’s Counsel Appointments (QCA) considers developing a system of re-accrediting criminal silks.’
Bar Standards Board, 23rd March 2015
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has issued a formal request to Queen’s Counsel Appointments (QCA) – the body which runs the annual silk round – to consider developing a system of re-accrediting criminal QCs as “it is not in the public interest to exempt QCs from quality assurance”.’
Legal Futures, 24th March 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Final Report of the Vulnerable Witnesses and Children Working Group.’
Judiciary of England and Wales, 17th March 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Too many Crown Prosecution Service barristers lack “presence, self-confidence and flair” in Crown Court trials, a report has said. The CPS Inspectorate found that CPS barristers in England and Wales were in danger of “losing” the jury because of how they presented cases. Standards of CPS advocacy had taken a “step backwards” over the past three years, the report said.’
BBC News, 19th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A third of Bar disciplinary tribunals last year led to disbarment, nearly twice the proportion of 2013, the Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service’s (BTAS) annual report has shown.’
Legal Futures, 18th March 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘QC status should be available to all advocates appearing in the higher courts, whether or not they are barristers or solicitors, the Legal Services Consumer Panel has said.’
Legal Futures, 18th March 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
