‘The Bar Council has joined forces with the two Preston-based barristers behind the Direct Access Portal (DAP) to relaunch it as the “go-to website” for consumers looking for a barrister.’
Legal Futures, 22nd June 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Solicitors accused the criminal bar of selling out to a government policy of ‘divide and rule’ as the Gazette went to press, after the bar ditched plans to take direct action over cuts to legal aid.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd June 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Removing the ban on referral fees in criminal cases could lead to “arrest chasing” by solicitors, the Bar Council has warned, and result in “as much public opprobrium” as ambulance chasing.’
Legal Futures, 17th June 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Mick and Mairead Philpott were provided with more than £350,000 of taxpayer’s money to fund a legal team including four barristers, it has been reported.’
The Independent, 14th June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Many at the Bar and beyond will be familiar with the ‘10,000 hours’ theory – put forth by Swedish psychologist K Anders Ericsson and further propagated by popular writer Malcolm Gladwell. That is: the formula for success, in any field, is 10,000 hours of practice.’
Legal Futures, 5th June 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Solicitors, barristers and legal executives have been told by their professional bodies to be polite and non-judgemental when dealing with litigants in person (LiPs), and take “extra care to avoid using inflammatory words or phrases”.’
Legal Futures, 4th June 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An imminent consultation by the judiciary on the proliferation of paid McKenzie friends in court is ringing alarm bells among lawyers, after a former nightclub bouncer was banned from providing such a service for grossly offensive behaviour.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st June 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Police perjury, political manipulation and judicial failings … Thomas Grant’s pungent, amusing study details the heroic achievements of a supreme criminal barrister.’
The Guardian, 27th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Criminal barristers are threatening mass walkouts aimed at closing down the courts in protest against government cuts to legal aid.’
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The Guardian, 21st MAy 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The High Court has upheld the disbarment of a barrister accused of drafting false grounds of appeal for a client found guilty on drugs charges.’
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Legal Futures, 19th May 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In the case of R (on the application of SN) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (striking out – principles) IJR [2015] UKUT 227(IAC) the President of the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber not only strikes out the applicant’s judicial review claim but also goes on to make a wasted costs order against both the solicitors and counsel involved in the case.’
Free Movement, 14th May 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has proposed that it should be given, for the first time, the power to intervene in barristers’ practices and chambers.’
Legal Futures, 15th May 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has said that it needs new statutory powers to step into barristers’ failing chambers, companies and partnerships properly to protect the interests of clients where something has gone seriously wrong.’
Bar Standards Board, 12th May 2015
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The Wellbeing at the Bar Programme was developed to look in greater detail at the unique aspects of a barristers’ working environment and how this impacts on psychological health and wellbeing.’
The Bar Council, 11th May 2015
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘One in eight barristers are “emotionally exhausted” and more than half do not sleep properly. These are among the shocking findings of the most comprehensive survey of barristers’ wellbeing yet conducted, published by the Bar Council today.’
Law Society Gazette, 11th May 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The High Court has refused to allow a personal injury claimant a 100% success fee on the grounds that a trial had not started before the case was settled, even though a hearing had begun.’
Litigation Futures, 8th May 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The downward trend in the number of bar pupillages is continuing, reflecting a fall in the availability of work, statistics released by the bar’s regulator suggest.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th April 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The barrier to women progressing further in the judiciary has gone, but more needs to be done to remove the glass ceiling at the bar, the lord chief justice said last night.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 28th April 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘All but one of the entities authorised by the Bar Standards Board since the beginning of this month consist of a single barrister, with the other made up of two barristers, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 27th April 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A disbarred barrister was jailed for fraud last week after taking money from the parents of children with special educational needs but failing to appear at court.’
Legal Futures, 27th April 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
