‘A barristers’ chambers is set to launch an alternative business structure (ABS) to help it obtain international work, because it will give the appearance of a solicitors’ firm to foreign clients who do not understand direct access.’
Legal Futures, 24th September 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Last night, Lord Sumption, a Justice of the Supreme Court, was trending on Twitter. This, I think, was a first. The furore was linked to an interview given by Lord Sumption to the Evening Standard.’
The Lawyer, 22nd September 2015
Source: www.thelawyer.com
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has been discharged from an undertaking it gave nearly two years ago to deal with concerns over the way it dealt with changes to the cab-rank rule. But in doing so, the Legal Services Board said it had continuing misgivings that have “directed our attention towards the BSB’s approach to regulation more broadly”.’
Legal Futures, 18th September 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘There is no basis for seeking the recusal of a specialist judge because they may socialise with barristers that appear before them, the High Court has said.’
Litigation Futures, 16th September 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Bar Council has warned that government plans to increase court fees for a second time would unbalance civil justice, giving rich people and big businesses an unfair advantage.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th September 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Visitors of the Inns of Court have thrown out appeals by a barrister against three disciplinary tribunal rulings, including one which disbarred him for seeking an adjournment of his case on grounds of ill-health, although he was found acting in a trial just days later.’
Legal Futures, 15th September 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The needs of employed barristers should not be ignored and “second class citizenship” should “by now be a myth”, a former Crown prosecutor has said.’
Legal Futures, 14th September 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The number of applications for legal assistance received by the Bar Pro Bono Unit has almost doubled over the past three years since widespread cuts to civil legal aid were introduced.’
The Guardian, 13th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A barrister and solicitor have chosen the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to regulate their niche firm that specialises in defending teachers and other professionals in disciplinary actions. It is understood to be the first firm consisting of a barrister and solicitor to become a BSB entity.’
Legal Futures, 9th September 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Structures are “far from being as central to the success of a modern set as their proponents suggest”, the joint heads of the newly merged Drystone Chambers have argued.’
Legal Futures, 8th September 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Male solicitors must be alert to their “unconscious assumptions” and ensure female barristers get an “equal crack of the whip in winning work on their merits”, the vice-chair of the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has said.’
Legal Futures, 2nd September 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is seeking the power to impose fines of up to £1,000 on barristers cleared by disciplinary tribunals, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 21st August 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A former solicitor and barrister have both been convicted and sentenced by magistrates for the providing unregulated immigration advice and services.’
Full story
Legal Futures, 20th August 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘‘Out-of-date’ references to barristers in a code of practice for crime victims should be amended, the Law Society has said in response to a Ministry of Justice consultation.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th August 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A long-running disciplinary case involving accusations that a barrister forged client care letters must be heard again, the Visitors to the Inns of Court have ruled.’
Legal Futures, 17th August 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is investigating 17 barristers at the same chambers over complaints about a ‘failure to act appropriately towards pupils’, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 13th August 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has now published its 2014-2015 Annual Report which outlines the significant progress it has made towards its strategic aims.’
Bar Standards Board, 3rd August 2015
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB), which predicted at one point last year that it would authorise 400 firms in 2015, has approved only 32 in its first four months as an entity regulator, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 4th August 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Nearly three in every four lawyers are suffering from burnout or worried about the condition, a survey of 1,000 lawyers has revealed.’
Full story
The Lawyer, 31st July 2015
Source: www.thelawyer.com
‘Shocking levels of rampant sexism still exist among barristers “existing in a children’s playground” who know they can get away with “grossly disrespectful” comments, according to a major Bar Council report.’
The Independent, 24th July 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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