‘A Bar disciplinary tribunal has suspended barrister Martin Wynne Jones for three months for representing clients in court without a practising certificate.’
Legal Futures, 13th November 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘More than a century after being disbarred for advocating independence for India, the nationalist leader and barrister Shyamji Krishna Varma has been posthumously reinstated by London’s Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.’
The Guardian, 11th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Barristers need to resist pressure from big clients and government departments to agree not to act against them in the future if they want instructions, the Bar Council has said.’
Legal Futures, 11th November 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Victims and witnesses are often left marginalised in a court system that is “archaic” and “chaotic”, a report by the Criminal Justice Alliance has said.’
BBC News, 4th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Insisting on an upper second class degree for future barristers could impose a “discriminatory burden” on BAME students, who are less likely to obtain them, a leading academic has argued in response to a Bar Standards Board (BSB) consultation that raises the possibility.’
Legal Futures, 29th October 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Barristers appear reluctant to embrace new ways of doing business following the liberalisation of the legal services market.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 26th October 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Consumers, the public and businesses can now save money by going directly to a barrister instead of having to go through a solicitor when they need a lawyer, thanks to a new website.’
The Bar Council, 20th October 2015
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘Barristers have been slow to adopt new entity models, but take-up is “increasing significantly” since the application process became more streamlined, according to the Bar Standards Board (BSB).’
Legal Futures, 20th October 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Barristers are to be allowed to operate through agencies and corporate vehicles under proposals released today by the Bar Standards Board (BSB).’
Legal Futures, 13th October 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The regulator is seeking to broaden the definition of employment for barristers working in-house for organisations that are not authorised law firms, in a new consultation launched today.’
Bar Stadards Board, 13th October 2015
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘A barrister convicted by a magistrates’ court of failing to get licenses for his taxi firm has been fined £600 by the Bar Standards Board (BSB).’
Legal Futures, 7th October 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘It is important that government plans to enhance the quality of criminal defence advocacy in publicly funded cases “should not be designed around one particular professional group”, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has warned.’
Legal Futures, 7th October 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In his first keynote speech as Chair of the Bar Standards Board (BSB), Sir Andrew Burns urged barristers and key stakeholders to engage with the regulator on the future direction of Bar regulation at a networking function tonight at Lincoln’s Inn.’
Bar Standards Board, 5th October 2015
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting (ICLR) has created a new annual bursary to support a pupil in need at the publicly funded Bar.’
The Lawyer, 6th October 2015
Source: www.thelawyer.com
‘The present model for delivering justice in the criminal, family and immigration courts has become “increasingly challenged” and “many parts of the Bar are in severe pain”, the chair of the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has said.’
Legal Futures, 6th October 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Legal regulators Bar Standards Board (BSB), Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and CILEx Regulation, the three also known as the Joint Advocacy Group (JAG), are preparing for the implementation of the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) by launching a new consultation today.’
Bar Standards Board, 1st October 2015
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘A Bar Council working group has today put forward to the Ministry of Justice a completely re-drawn graduated fee scheme for advocacy in Crown Court cases. For legally aided criminal defence cases in the Crown Court where the trial is expected to last between 1 to 60 days, the defence advocate is paid by a formula in the Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS).’
The Bar Council, 1st October 2015
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘As he starts his final year as the Gresham Professor of Law, Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice QC looks to discuss the issues that are nearest to his heart. In this series of interviews, the professor lays out the themes that he will be tackling and explains why they are important to him and to the world at large.
This year’s lectures promise to be intellectually stimulating, making them a must watch for anyone with an interest in the modern world’s legal systems. The Full Series will be called: ‘Law and Lawyers -not all Bad?”
Gresham College, 25th September 2015
Source: www.gresham.ac.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board’s complaints handling process is working well, according to a new report published today by the regulator’s Independent Observer.’
Bar Standards Board, 25th September 2015
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘A barrister who avoided paying thousands of pounds in rail fares for more than two and a half years has been spared prison.’
The Guardian, 30th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
