‘A disbarred barrister whose bid to rejoin Gray’s Inn and starting practising again after 15 years was refused has lost an appeal to the High Court.’
Legal Futures, 12th April 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Following its recent consultation, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has agreed in principle how it should prescribe the future role of the Inns of Court in the training and qualification of barristers.’
Bar Standards Board, 23rd March 2018
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.
‘After many years of attempting to explain the need for two kinds of lawyer in the United Kingdom to exasperated and confused European colleagues – and even US ones – I have lighted on the following language. Solicitors are a primary market of legal services. They are profit-sharing organisations in which senior lawyers manage teams of junior lawyers to do almost everything their clients want. They operate just like any law firm around the world, save to the extent that their life is made easier by the existence of a secondary legal services market, which must be accessed either through them or lawyers overseas, which is known as barristers, or the Bar.’
OUP Blog, 26th February 2018
Source: blog.oup.com
‘Making membership of the Inns of Court optional for barristers would disadvantage those with the least “social capital”, the Bar Council has warned.’
Legal Futures, 14th February 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘English barristers are being trained to come across as less pompous in social situations in a bid to win over wealthy international clients.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The BSB consultation on Future Bar Training – Shaping the education and training requirements for prospective barristers – closes on 8 January 2018. The BSB is seeking views on the following:
– The extent to which it should prescribe the role of the Inns of Court in the training and qualification of barristers
– Future regulatory arrangements and rules for work-based learning (pupillage)
– A draft of the Authorisation Framework which will guide training providers in developing new training routes and against which their proposals will be assessed for approval.’
The Inner Temple, December 2017
Source: www.innertemple.org.uk
‘As part of its ongoing Future Bar Training (FBT) programme, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today launched a new consultation on a number of aspects of the way in which barristers train and qualify.’
Bar Standards Board, 3rd October 2017
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘A drastic reduction in the role of the Inns of Court in the training of barristers – to the point where barristers would not have to be members of one – and an end to the required period of 12 months for pupillages are on the table as the Bar Standards Board (BSB) takes the next step in its Future Bar Training initiative.’
Legal Futures, 4th October 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Many LGBT+ barristers believe the Inns of Court are not doing enough to combat homophobia at the Bar, according to a ground-breaking study which suggested that “homophobia is stronger at the Bar than in the general population”.’
Legal Futures, 26th September 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is to review the role of the Inns of Court in the training of barristers, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 2nd June 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘At its Board meeting last night, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) decided that it will authorise a limited number of future training routes for prospective students to qualify as barristers. One of these is likely to be a new training course, which has been proposed by the Council of the Inns of Court (COIC) and the Bar Council. The Board also agreed a Policy Statement setting out its vision for the future of Bar training.’
Bar Standards Board, 24th March 2017
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘Minding our standards: in the first of a new column for Counsel, Andrew Walker QC outlines fresh imperatives and initiatives for barristers to enhance their knowledge of ethics in practice and stay ahead of the curve.’
Counsel, March 2017
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘Is the Bar still a stand-out example of adherence to high ethical standards? Desiree Artesi discusses the practicalities of professional ethics with Andrew Walker QC.’
Counsel, January 2017
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘A model of training barristers that would split the Bar professional training course (BPTC) into two – allowing students to learn procedure and evidence however they want before undergoing compulsory skills training – has been put forward by the Bar Council and Council of the Inns of Court (COIC) as another alternative to the Bar Standards Board’s (BSB) current consultation on training reform.’
Legal Futures, 2nd December 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘On 3 October, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) issued a consultation document outlining three possible approaches towards the future of Bar training.’
Bar Standards Board, 1st December 2016
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
‘Catherine Baksi takes a look at how chambers are adapting to a pressured and competitive environment.’
Counsel, November 2016
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘Significant numbers of new advocates are “weaker than might be hoped on basic knowledge” of ethical rules, a major report has found.’
Legal Futures, 5th October 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Plans by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to introduce a more flexible, outcomes-focused CPD scheme have met with widespread opposition from barristers.’
Legal Futures, 21st March 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘More than a century after being disbarred for advocating independence for India, the nationalist leader and barrister Shyamji Krishna Varma has been posthumously reinstated by London’s Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.’
The Guardian, 11th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Visitors of the Inns of Court have thrown out appeals by a barrister against three disciplinary tribunal rulings, including one which disbarred him for seeking an adjournment of his case on grounds of ill-health, although he was found acting in a trial just days later.’
Legal Futures, 15th September 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
