“The frontline regulators need lay chairs at the helm so as to cut the ‘overly strong ties’ that still exist with their branches of the profession and have held back change, the Legal Services Board (LSB) said yesterday.”
Legal Futures, 9th October 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“Defendants being charged with a number of terrorism-related offences – First defendant’s trial counsel’s conduct at trial being criticised by judge and prosecution counsel on numerous occasions during trial.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th October 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Criminal barristers were yesterday given permission to pursue their judicial review against the Legal Services Board over the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA).”
Legal Futures, 8th October 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“Changes to Public Access rules come into effect today, as the Bar Standards Board (BSB) announces the appointment of the Bar Council and HJT to deliver new Public Access training schemes. The BSB also expects to be approving other providers shortly.”
Bar Standards Board, 4th October 2013
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
“Children giving evidence in court in sexual abuse cases need to be given more support because many suffer from stress before a trial, the NSPCC has said.”
The Guardian, 5th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Junior barristers with less than three years’ practising experience can now undertake public access work.”
Legal Futures, 4th October 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“Attorney general Dominic Grieve has spoken of his sympathy for lawyers affected by the legal aid cuts – but insisted the legal sector cannot be immune from austerity measures.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th September 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“In his final court of appeal judgment as lord chief justice, Lord Judge has attacked the conduct of a defence advocate who likened the judge in a terrorist trial to a dishonest seller of worthless goods.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 30th September 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A CPS prosecutor who described the 13-year-old victim of a paedophile ‘predatory’ in court will no longer undertake prosecutions involving serious sexual offences or child sexual abuse.”
The Independent, 30th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Victims and witnesses are being marginalised and put through needless stress and anxiety in the criminal courts in England and Wales, according to new research.”
The Guardian, 30th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A new scheme has come into force to ensure advocates in criminal trials meet a standard of competence.”
BBC News, 30th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“He has represented everyone from the Lawrence family to the Hillsborough victims. But, he tells Emily Dugan, cuts to legal aid mean he can now only exist as a ‘virtual lawyer’.”
The Independent, 27th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An independent review into the barristers’ regulator’s complaints-handling process has been published today by the Bar Standards Board.”
Bar Standards Board, 27th September 2013
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
“Fifteen members of leading civil liberties set Tooks Court are to form a new low-cost chambers that could be open within the next fortnight, the Gazette can exclusively reveal.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd September 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A number of barristers have resigned from the Bar Standards Board’s prosecutor panel in protest at the imminent launch of the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA).”
Legal Futures, 24th September 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“One of Britain’s leading civil rights barristers’ chambers, which led inquiries into the deaths of Stephen Lawrence and Princess Diana and the Hillsborough disaster, is closing due to Government cuts to legal aid.”
The Independent, 23rd September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has today published the second edition of its annual report, ‘Representing the Bar’, focusing on its representational activities, which details performance against the three-year Strategic and Business Plan, which the Bar Council approved in 2011.”
The Bar Council, 20th September 2013
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has today responded to the Ministry of Justice’s call for evidence on the legal services statutory framework and called for a new approach to regulation, rejecting the current arrangements and the call for a single, ‘super regulator’. It proposes a new model which would replace the Legal Services Board (LSB) with a College of Regulators and re-balance regulation of the profession.”
The Bar Council, 17th September 2013
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“A two-tier bar will emerge as a result of public sector sector spending cuts, with top level commercial sets breaking away from the mid-tier in the civil sector, leading barristers warn today.”
The Lawyer, 16th September 2013
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has pledged to continue with preparations for the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) notwithstanding the judicial review against the scheme launched last week.”
Legal Futures, 17th September 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
