‘The Court of Appeal has rejected a bid by two public access barristers to be paid nearly £125,000 in fees after the lower courts found a key term in their retainers unfair.’
Legal Futures, 4th October 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In October 2023, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) launched a public consultation to clarify our regulatory expectations of chambers. This followed a series of consultative roundtables across all circuits in England and Wales. During the consultation period we also held an additional series of roundtables, meeting with barristers, clerks and practice managers at eight roundtables across England and Wales. In total, we received 22 written responses to our consultation and also gathered valuable feedback from our extensive engagement events.’
Bar Standards Board, 2nd October 2024
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘New proposals on the regulation of barristers in chambers will create uncertainty as to compliance and over who in chambers is responsible for meeting regulatory requirements, according to the Bar Council.’
The Bar Council, 2nd October 2024
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘Over 350 women KCs and judges joined in celebrations at the Royal Courts of Justice to mark 75 years since women first ‘took silk’ and became King’s Counsel (KC) – an award for excellence in advocacy in the higher courts. The event, hosted in the Great Hall, was attended by the most senior and most junior KCs from across a wide range of practice areas and circuits.’
The Bar Council, 1st October 2024
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
The number of reports to the Bar Standards Board (BSB) about barristers’ use of social media has unexpectedly fallen but an increasing proportion relate to “controversial social and political issues”.
Legal Futures, 30th September 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board’s (BSB) controversial proposal for new equality rules will not affect the cab-rank rule and will not lead to quotas, its director general said yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 27th September 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Former justice minister Lord Wolfson KC has joined the voices opposing the Bar Standards Board’s (BSB) plan to impose a new positive duty on barristers to act in a way that “advances” equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).’
Legal Futures, 26th September 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Returning from the summer break is a good time to take stock of recent developments in professional liability case law. Helen Evans KC identifies some of the core themes emerging from the recent authorities on lawyers’ negligence, as well as some eye-catching costs decisions involving both solicitors and barristers.’
4 New Square, 20th September 2024
Source: www.4newsquare.com
‘3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) specialist education, equality and public law barrister Alice de Coverley has spoken to RPC Legal’s The Work Couch podcast as part of their neurodiversity mini-series ahead of ADHD awareness month in October.’
3 Paper Buildings, 24th September 2024
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘In Episode 201 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Emma Snell of JUSTICE and Christian Weaver, a barrister at Garden North Chambers about Achieving Racial Justice at Inquests: A Practitioner’s Guide (2024), a guide recently published by JUSTICE and INQUEST.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th September 2024
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A tribunal has rejected a barrister’s request for it to throw out disciplinary proceedings brought against her for saying a judge had shown a “boys’ club attitude”, but it ruled that she can argue that the regulator discriminated against her because she is a woman.’
The Guardian, 18th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Unless you’ve been completely off-grid for the past 12 months or so, you’ve likely encountered the deluge of news, articles, explainers, and enthusiastic LinkedIn posts about the wonders and/or terrors of Generative AI.’
Counsel, September 2024
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘The secrecy of proceedings at the Bar disciplinary tribunal is under scrutiny in two high-profile cases where one barrister wants privacy and the other more openness than is usually the case.’
Legal Futures, 16th September 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘More high-profile figures have expressed their concern at the Bar Standards Board’s plan to impose a new positive duty on barristers to act in a way that “advances” equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).’
Legal Futures, 11th September 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A dual-qualified lawyer convicted of beating a man in a confrontation at the Royal Opera House has been handed a harsher sanction by a Bar disciplinary tribunal than the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’
Legal Futures, 10th September 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A London chambers has failed to show rooms occupied by barristers are individual properties and thus would be entitled to a reduction in business rates.’
Law Society's Gazette, 9th September 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘An employment tribunal has struck out a discrimination claim brought by a disabled barrister over his failed applications for judicial appointment because he was not eligible for the posts he sought.’
Legal Futures, 9th September 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A leading tax law chambers has failed to convince a tribunal that rooms occupied by barristers are individual properties for the purposes of business rates.’
Legal Futures, 6th September 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today launched a public consultation on new rules to promote equality, diversity and inclusion at the Bar. Despite improvements in diversity in recent years, there remain significant challenges for the Bar in promoting access to the profession, in retaining qualified practitioners and in addressing bullying, discrimination and harassment. The regulator is therefore asking for a further step change in the profession’s approach to equality, diversity and inclusion.’
Bar Standards Board, 3rd September 2024
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘Former long-serving MP and minister Harriet Harman KC has urged practitioners to come forward with submissions to her independent review of bullying and harassment at the bar which she describes as a ‘moment of change’ for the sector.’
Law Society's Gazette, 27th August 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
