‘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
‘A disciplinary tribunal has sharply criticised the Bar Standards Board (BSB) for how it approached the prosecution of a barrister who provided clear medical evidence to explain why she struggled to stay awake during an inquest she was participating in online.’
Legal Futures, 27th August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has once again shown no mercy on a litigant in person who failed to appreciate the civil procedure rules.’
Law Society's Gazette, 21st August 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Legal regulators must warn lawyers that they will face action to stop them unethically taking advantage of vulnerable litigants, a charity has urged.’
Legal Futures, 21st August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has rejected criticisms of his legal team by a man jailed for possessing cocaine with intent to supply.’
Legal Futures, 19th August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Barristers should be under a professional duty to actively promote anti-discriminatory attitudes and behaviours, it has been suggested.’
Legal Futures, 19th August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A judge has refused to hear media objections to an application by a well-known member of the bar for anonymity during upcoming disciplinary proceedings.’
Law Society's Gazette, 12th August 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘An employment tribunal was entitled to reject a barrister’s claim that LGBT charity Stonewall “caused or induced” discrimination against her by her chambers, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 25th July 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘See probationary tenancy as a fresh opportunity to impress a new group of decision-makers, advises Abiodun Olatokun.’
The 36 Group, 18th July 2024
Source: 36group.co.uk
