‘Relations between the Legal Services Board (LSB) and the Bar Standards Board (BSB) are close to breaking point over the speed of reform at the barrister regulator.’
Legal Futures, 23rd July 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The number of students on Bar vocational courses has continued to grow since the pandemic, new figures from the Bar Standards Board (BSB) have shown. The figures also highlighted large gaps in achievement between those with first-class university degrees and those with lower seconds, as well as between course providers.’
Legal Futures, 19th July 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The largest chambers in Wales has become the first legal services provider to obtain the new law-specific data protection certification approved by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).’
Legal Futures, 18th July 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘This annual report covers the period from July 2023 to June 2024 and contains statistics on enrolment, results and trends in vocational training to become a barrister, and student progression onto pupillage in England and Wales.’
Bar Standards Board, 16th July 2024
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘Four UN special rapporteurs have warned that disciplinary proceedings against a female barrister for saying a judge had shown a “boys’ club attitude” may send “a disconcerting message” to lawyers challenging gender bias in custody and domestic abuse cases.’
The Guardian, 16th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Being a solicitor or from an ethnic minority more than halves the odds of successfully applying for the bench compared to white barristers, the latest figures on judicial diversity have revealed.’
Legal Futures, 12th July 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A pupil barrister has been fined £500 for a series of foul-mouthed outbursts at a remote invigilator during an online ethics exam, which ended with him raising his middle finger to the camera.’
Legal Futures, 11th July 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A general counsel has complained that she is unable to sign off the qualifying work experience (QWE) of trainee solicitors because she is a barrister.’
Legal Futures, 4th July 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A cross-regulator effort to improve the standard of practice in coroners’ courts has had limited effect, the first evaluation of the initiative has found.’
Legal Futures, 28th June 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘If we can understand class at the Bar more accurately, we will be more effective when analysing – and combatting – classism, says Alex Benn.’
Counsel, June 2024
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘The chairman of the Bar Council has urged the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to let it lead work on improving equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the profession.’
Legal Futures, 25th June 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A barrister and part-time immigration tribunal judge has been jailed for defrauding the Legal Aid Agency, along with other lawyers, by falsely claiming defence legal costs.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 21st June 2024
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Being employed by companies or law firms can give barristers more protection when faced with ethical challenges than those in private practice, it has been suggested.’
Legal Futures, 19th June 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘On 21 May 2024, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) announced a rule change which establishes an expanded power to impose interim suspensions of barristers in specified cases. This is a practical and sensible update which brings barristers into line with most other regulated professions.’
Mountford Chambers, 29th May 2024
Source: www.mountfordchambers.com
‘Solicitor Harriet Harman KC has been named as chair of the Bar Council’s independent review of bullying and harassment, including sexual harassment, at the Bar.’
Legal Futures, 12th June 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Hertfordshire University can start taking Bar training course students from September again, after the Bar Standards Board reinstated its authorisation.’
Legal Futures, 12th June 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Lady Chief Justice has urged senior barristers to give their junior counsel chances to speak in court, both for their own development and the future diversity of the judiciary.’
Legal Futures, 10th June 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A recent pair of lawyers’ liability cases have looked at the issue of continuing duties and limitation in two contrasting circumstances: one where the solicitors realised that they had made an error and set about rectifying it, and one where the lawyers did not think that they had been negligent. The two factual scenarios led to diametrically opposed outcomes. Amanda Savage KC and Helen Evans KC examine these recent authorities and what they tell us about where the law is heading on both limitation and duty in lawyers’ claims.’
4 New Square, 3rd June 2024
Source: www.4newsquare.com
‘Court backlogs for rape prosecutions have soared to a record high, with the number of cases doubling in two years and victims facing “devastating” waits for justice.’
The Independent, 2nd June 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Members of the Bar Standards Board (BSB) clashed with senior staff last week over how to deal with the large number of foreign lawyers seeking to be called in England and Wales but who do not intend to practise here.’
Legal Futures, 30th May 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
