‘Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP keynote speech at the launch of new Bar Standards Board handbook.’
Attorney General’s Office,
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘Monday’s failed judicial review of the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) has done little to quell the mutiny among criminal law barristers, even though the Bar Standards Board has called on them to “respect the court’s decision”.’
Legal Futures, 22nd January 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A judicial review of the Legal Services Board’s approval of the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocacy (QASA) has today been comprehensively rejected by the High Court.’
Legal Futures, 20th January 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘After what seems an all too brief season of peace and goodwill, hostilities between the government and criminal lawyers have rapidly resumed, and appear to have taken a more sinister turn.’
Legal Futures, 9th January 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The new BSB Handbook (which is in force from today) changes the rules for barristers undertaking international work where instructions are received directly from a lay foreign client or a lay client in England and Wales in relation to a foreign matter.’
Bar Standards Board, 6th January 2014
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) considers barristers conducting litigation a high-risk activity that could result in significant supervision costs and require a hike in practising certificate fees, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 7th January 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Criminal courts across England and Wales will be severely disrupted on Monday morning when barristers and solicitors stage an unprecedented mass walkout in protest at government plans to slash legal aid fees by up to 30%.’
The Guardian, 5th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A legal watchdog has dismissed a complaint against two barristers involved in the Leveson inquiry who had an affair. The Bar Standards Board (BSB) looked into the conduct of Carine Patry and David Sherborne after it was alleged that the relationship could have compromised the inquiry into Press standards. The board announced in a statement that there was “no realistic prospect” of Miss Patry, a member of the inquiry team, and Mr Sherborne, who represented celebrities complaining about the Press, being found guilty of professional misconduct.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Criminal law barristers need to consider significant changes to their business models if they are to remain competitive, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has argued. In its submission to the Ministry of Justice-commissioned Jeffrey review of the provision of independent criminal advocacy, the LSB identified continued market liberalisation as one of the reasons the government did not need to intervene.’
Legal Futures, 18th December 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board has today published guidance on deliberately failing to attend court.’
Bar Standards Board, 18th December 2013
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘A 7 year divorce case culminating in a 20 day final hearing with £6.5m spent on one side’s legal costs alone. In the aftermath of Young v Young, what should be done by the judiciary and practitioners to make fees in family proceedings proportionate?’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 16th December 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Chris Grayling is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing, the chair of an influential all-party backbench committee has suggested. Oscar Wilde’s cynical jibe was twice put to the justice secretary when he gave evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights on 26 November and was then repeated by Dr Hywel Francis, a Labour MP, when he launched its report today.’
The Guardian, 13th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board has today published its response to the Legal Services Board’s consultation on increasing flexibility in legal education and training.’
Bar Standards Board, 11th December 2013
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘Criminal courts across England and Wales will be disrupted for half a day next month when thousands of solicitors join barristers in a mass walkout over government plans to cut legal aid fees by up to 30%.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Nicholas Lavender QC delivers Inaugural Address to 2014 Bar Council.’
The Bar Council, 9th December 2013
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘Specialisation in the legal profession has narrowed to the point where it is possible for a barrister to become a Queen’s Counsel without ever having cross-examined a witness, according to Mr Justice Rabinder Singh.’
Legal Futures, 6th December 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A number of high profile criminal sets have clashed with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) due to its circulation of a list of practitioners who might undertake Very High Cost Cases, which are now subject to reduced rates.’
The Lawyer, 3rd December 2013
Source: www.thelawyer.com
‘The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has announced a morning of ‘non-attendance’ on the first day of the new court term next year in a major escalation of its opposition to the government’s legal aid cuts.’
Legal Futures, 2nd December 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Senior judges were to blame for the wrongful conviction of osteopath Stephen Ward who become a public scapegoat during the Profumo affair, according a fresh legal examination of the 1963 trial.’
The Guardian, 2nd December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Unity of Law ‐ Or The Dangers of Over‐Specialisation (PDF)
Speech by Sir Rabinder Singh
Society of Legal Scholars Centenary Lecture, 28th November 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
