“The Bar Council is to consider the use of the term ‘of counsel’ by non-advocate solicitors after barristers expressed concern over its use, the Gazette can reveal.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th June 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Blackstone Chambers has found itself at the centre of the BAE Systems controversy with member Lord Woolf set to lead the BAE independent ethics committee while some of Blackstone’s leading barristers lead the legal fight against the defence company.”
The Lawyer, 12th June 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has embarked on an ambitious three-year project to rewrite the Bar’s rulebook for the first time.”
Legal Week, 12th June 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“There had been concerns that, by allowing those who had completed the Bar Vocational Course to be called to the Bar and to describe themselves as ‘barristers’, the public might be misled as to who is a fully qualified practitioner. But in a report on its provisional conclusions on deferral of call, published today after a year-long consultation and research exercise, the Board says “deferring call to the Bar until after pupillage would not be an appropriate response to the risk which it is intended to address”.”
Bar Standards Board press release, 8th June 2007
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
“Limiting student numbers on the bar vocational course (BVC) and requiring students to have a 2:1 will not improve quality or diversity among barristers, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has warned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th June 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Imagine a system in which everyone who passes the Bar exams is guaranteed a job as a barrister. That would be a drastic change: nobody can practise at the English Bar without first spending time in chambers as a pupil, and there are pupillages available for only between a third and a quarter of those students who get through the Bar’s compulsory vocational course.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Chairman of the Bar, Geoffrey Vos QC, has initiated a review of small chambers to identify areas where the Bar Council can provide assistance. A working party has been established led by Nicholas Green QC and Ingrid Simler QC.”
The Bar Council, 31st May 2007
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Five London local authorities are combining to create a panel of barristers for the first time, as part of a drive to cut costs.”
Legal Week, 31st May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Planning barristers could be hit by radical new plans from the Government to speed up the development of big infrastructure projects in the UK.”
Legal Week, 31st May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The Vice-chair of the Bar Council Timothy Dutton QC will be the last in his post to work for free.”
The Lawyer, 28th May 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has criticised the Bar Council’s proposals to limit the number of places available on the Barristers Vocational Training course, the compulsory one-year training programme for aspiring barristers.”
The Times, 29th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has lashed out at the Bar Council’s proposals to limit BVC places in submissions made to the Entry to the Bar working party.”
The Lawyer, 29th May 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Employed and junior barristers are set to be given a greater role on the Bar Council following a report by a working group into the composition of the representative body.”
Legal Week, 23rd May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Reforms to make the Bar Council more representative and inclusive of the 14,800 barristers it serves were published today by an independent working group chaired by Sir Paul Kennedy.”
Bar Council, 23rd May 2007
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Some of Britain’s highest-paid criminal barristers, who have defended a host of notorious figures, have formed a breakaway chambers.”
The Daily Mail, 16th May 2007
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
“The QCs Eleanor Platt and Alison Ball, joint heads of 1 Garden Court, have been unusual right from the start of their careers at the Bar.”
The Times, 15th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Three of England’s high-profile barristers have decided to make the move to British Overseas Territories within the past month.”
The Lawyer, 8th May 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The stereotype of barristers’ chambers is a Dickens-invoking place in or near the Inns of Court in London, with tweedy decor and a rigidly observed hierarchy.”
The Times, 8th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Why should one of Britain’s leading specialists in family cases leave the Bar after 35 years and join a solicitors’ firm? It is not unknown for lawyers to seek new challenges in their early to mid-fifties, but the conventional way of changing direction is to become a judge.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A new barristers’ association is to be launched to promote direct access to the bar.”
The Lawyer, 30th April 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
