‘Topic: The role of regulation in promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in the legal sector – regulatory requirements and priorities, initiatives and next steps, sector responsibilities, and future areas of focus.’
Bar Standards Board, 26th September 2023
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘The businessman who hired an ex-Royal Marine to plant fake bombs outside the chambers of two barristers against whom he had a vendetta has been jailed for eight years and two months.’
Legal Futures, 25th September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Following the conclusion of the Bar Standards Board’s (BSB) consultation on conduct in non-professional life, the BSB Board has approved new guidance which we are publishing today. The guidance includes revised Social Media Guidance, new Guidance on the Regulation of Non-Professional Conduct, the BSB’s response to the consultation and revisions to BSB Handbook guidance.’
Bar Standards Board, 20th September 2023
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
Fees for counsel’s advice in lower-value clinical negligence cases will not be recoverable under the fixed recoverable cost (FRC) regime unless a child or protected party is involved, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has proposed.
Legal Futures, 20th September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Claimant representatives have reacted angrily to the government’s decision to press ahead with fixed recoverable costs for clinical negligence cases that settle pre-issue for less than £25,000.’
Legal Futures, 18th September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Council is boosting its commitment to social mobility at the Bar with the introduction of a contextual recruitment tool to the Pupillage Gateway system from 2024/25. The announcement was made in a speech on the future of the Bar by Nick Vineall KC, Chair of the Bar of England and Wales, last night (Wednesday 13 September). Contextual recruitment tools look at the context in which students receive their grades, so that recruiters can identify candidates from disadvantaged backgrounds who outperformed their immediate peers and who can demonstrate the qualities needed to succeed at the Bar, but who might otherwise be missed in a recruitment process.’
The Bar Council, 14th September 2023
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘Chair of the Bar Nick Vineall KC has called on the profession to call people to the Bar only when they have completed pupillage. The present system means that the title of barrister is conferred on people who are not entitled to practise as barristers, and he argues that this creates a real risk of confusion for clients and is not in the public interest.’
The Bar Council, 13th September 2023
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘DPP Speech to the Bar Council, 9 September 2023.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 9th September 2023
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A leading British lawyer has compared UK government attacks on the profession to the tactics used by authoritarian regimes. Helena Kennedy KC, one of the UK’s most renowned criminal lawyers and a Labour peer, said ministers were deliberately creating scapegoats.’
The Guardian, 10th September 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Bar Council is to meet non-disclosure agreement (NDA) pressure group Can’t Buy My Silence in the wake of its criticism of the barrister body’s stance.’
Legal Futures, 5th September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The woman who first broke a Harvey Weinstein non-disclosure agreement (NDAs) has strongly criticised the Bar Council for dismissing the growing evidence of NDA abuse.’
Legal Futures, 4th September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Would-be students on last year’s worst performing Bar training course – at Hertfordshire University – cannot start it this month after the Bar Standards Board (BSB) intervened.’
Legal Futures, 1st September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A barrister made subject to a wasted costs order because of his conduct of an immigration judicial review has been reprimanded and fined by the Bar Standards Board (BSB).’
Legal Futures, 30th August 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has warned that it cannot stop the growing interest in featuring barristers on online review and comparison websites, even if the profession wants it to.’
Legal Futures, 24th August 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In March, 2023, many lawyers, including 18 barristers, signed a “declaration” that they will not prosecute climate-change activists or act for those promoting new fossil fuel projects. Is the ‘cab rank rule’ [Code rC28 -29] under threat?’
Doughty Street Chambers, 20th July 2023
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘Today marks the end of South Asian Heritage Month, an annual celebration which commemorates South Asian cultures, histories and communities. It began in 2020 and runs from 18 July to 17 August each year. We spoke to HHJ Usha Karu about her background and journey into law.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary , 17th August 2023
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘Judges needed to “speak out” over racism in the judiciary and counsel should challenge the bench when they witness it, two leading barristers have argued.’
Legal Futures, 17th August 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Know where to start on ESG? Rachel Holmes – CEO of the chambers named “Responsible Business of the Year 2023” – shares its blueprint.’
Counsel Magazine, August 2023
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘The number of “pile-ons” on legal Twitter is “getting out of hand”, the chairman of the Bar Council has argued.’
Legal Futures, 10th August 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Wellbeing matters to everyone at the Bar. In this new video, leaders from across the Bar explore some of the issues and challenges the profession faces, as well as potential solutions and ways for members of the Bar and associated professions to get help if they need it.’
The Bar Council, 27th July 2023
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
