‘Restricting the recovery of a barrister’s fees to work done while he held a practising certificate was not unfair, the High Court judge has ruled.’
Law Society's Gazette, 28th May 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Following on from the publication of its Anti-Racist Statement in 2020, the BSB has now launched its Anti-Racist Strategy covering the period 2024-2027. This new Strategy sets our internal commitment to anti-racism in how the BSB operates with its people, outlining how we intend to lead by example by setting and meeting high standards in our own approach.’
Bar Standards Board, 22nd May 2024
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘Barristers do not want to see “progress on remote hearings rolled back” and almost half would like the number to be increased, a report by the Bar Council has found.’
Legal Futures, 21st May 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
The failure to increase the rates of pay for barristers handling government work since 1997 has created a “very high level of dissatisfaction and exasperation”.
Legal Futures, 17th May 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A barrister who wrote a book on sleepwalking and who fell asleep during a coroner’s inquest has been cleared of all professional misconduct charges.’
The Guardian, 15th May 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Bar is slowly addressing the barriers to attracting disabled talent, says Daniel Holt, but there are more ways chambers can authentically commit to disability inclusion.’
Counsel, May 2024
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘A Court of Appeal judgment has given guidance to judges “facing difficulties arising out of non-attendance by trial counsel” after finding a district judge was wrong to stay proceedings over the lack of prosecuting counsel.’
Law Society's Gazette, 13th May 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Pupillage providers using blind or contextual recruitment techniques have a higher proportion of male and White pupils than those who do not, research by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has found.’
Legal Futures, 8th May 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published two reports on pupillage recruitment at the Bar. The objective of this research was to strengthen our evidence base around pupillage recruitment to inform the development of the BSB’s policies, including our forthcoming consultation on the Equality Rules.’
The Bar Standards Board, 2nd May 2024
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘Glaser v Atay [2023] EWHC 2539 (KB) is a significant decision in two respects. First, it is a vanishingly rare example of a superior court striking down a contractual term as unfair under Part 2 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (CRA). Second, the case contains interesting – and ultimately problematic – discussion of the effect of a term being unfair, an issue seldom explored in previous cases.’
Cambridge Law Journal, 3rd April 2024
Source: www.cambridge.org
‘The earnings gap between male and female barristers is not explained by caring responsibilities, choice of practice area, or amount of legally aided work”, new research by the Bar Council has found.’
Legal Futures, 24th April 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Barristers and chambers can actively manage practice and career development to mitigate the earnings gap between men and women at the self-employed Bar, according to new research from the Bar Council: New practitioner earnings differentials at the self-employed Bar.’
The Bar Council, 23rd April 2024
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘A direct access barrister who lied to a client over files that were accidentally destroyed by his chambers has been suspended for six months by a Bar disciplinary tribunal.’
Legal Futures, 23rd April 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The leading law firm Fieldfisher LLP was appointed in 2023 to carry out an end-to-end review of the Bar Standards Board’s (BSB) enforcement system, encompassing all the BSB’s systems, processes and policies. After agreement in principle by the Board, the full report is today being published.’
Bar Standards Board, 12th April 2024
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘Leading barrister warns that the kit – used to support gender-questioning children – is likely to be in breach of equality laws and could violate pupils’ rights.’
The Guardian, 13th April 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has the right approach to dealing with complaints about barristers’ conduct but there are “a large number of areas” for improvement, a major review has concluded.’
Legal Futures, 12th April 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Council has strongly attacked plans by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to scrap the requirement that Bar students must have at least a lower second-class degree.’
Legal Futures, 11th April 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘More than 60 lawyers, campaigners, politicians and academics are backing a women’s rights lawyer who faces suspension after challenging a judge for having “a boys’ club” attitude in a ruling on a domestic abuse case.’
The Independent, 7th April 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has decided not to investigate a gender-critical barrister who was accused of being transphobic by misgendering two trans lawyers.’
Legal Futures, 2nd April 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Council said yesterday that membership of the men-only Garrick Club creates “the potential for unfair advantage” when it came to practitioners needing references to become judges.’
Legal Futures, 28th March 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
