queen’s counsel – Current Awareness

Celebrating 75 years of women silks – excellence in advocacy – The Bar Council

Posted October 1st, 2024 in barristers, king's counsel, news, queen's counsel, women by tracey

‘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

QC suspended over failure to disclose key evidence to defence – Legal Research

Posted June 9th, 2022 in barristers, disciplinary procedures, disclosure, evidence, news, professional conduct, queen's counsel by sally

‘A very senior criminal law QC has been suspended for a year over a decision not to disclose surveillance evidence which ultimately led to a conviction being overturned on appeal.’

Legal Research, 8th June 2022

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Diversity at the Bar improved again in 2021 but women and people from ethnic minorities are still underrepresented as QCs, says BSB report – Bar Standards Board

Posted January 31st, 2022 in barristers, diversity, equality, news, queen's counsel, statistics, women by tracey

‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published its annual report on Diversity at the Bar. The report shows that the profession became increasingly diverse in 2021 and that a greater proportion of barristers disclosed their demographic data.’

Bar Standards Board, 28th January 2022

Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk

One of the only black female QCs in England and Wales calls for action on inequality – The Guardian

Posted January 6th, 2022 in barristers, diversity, equality, minorities, news, queen's counsel, women by sally

‘One of the only black female QCs in England and Wales has said the time has come for action and “no more talk” when it comes to tackling race inequality in the legal profession.’

The Guardian, 6th January 2022

Source: www.theguardian.com

QC arbitrators in Man City case were not “beholden” to Premier League – Legal Futures

Posted August 11th, 2021 in arbitration, barristers, bias, news, queen's counsel, sport by tracey

‘The High Court has rejected a claim by Manchester City football club that there was apparent bias on the part of three QCs sitting on a Premier League arbitration panel.’

Legal Futures, 11th August 2021

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Discrimination the “sole cause” of paucity of Black QCs – Legal Futures

Posted July 26th, 2021 in barristers, diversity, equality, news, queen's counsel, race discrimination, statistics by sally

‘Discrimination is the “sole identifiable cause” for the paucity of Black barristers, particularly at QC level, a co-chair of the Bar Council’s race working group has argued.’

Legal Futures, 26th July 2021

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Court scolds QC but decides against referring him to BSB – Legal Futures

Posted July 9th, 2021 in barristers, brexit, judicial review, news, queen's counsel by michael

‘A QC who misused the urgent applications procedure for a Brexit-related judicial review has been ticked off by the Divisional Court but escaped being referred to the Bar Standards Board (BSB).’

Legal Futures, 9th July 2021

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Junior barristers’ win rates almost on par with QCs, say researchers – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 9th, 2021 in advocacy, barristers, news, queen's counsel, statistics by michael

‘Queen’s Counsel do not win significantly more cases than junior barristers when they are pitted against each other in court, research by a litigation analytics company has found.’

Law Society's Gazette, 9th July 2021

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Changing the picture: diversity at silk level – Counsel

Posted July 8th, 2021 in barristers, diversity, equality, news, queen's counsel, race discrimination, statistics by sally

‘Exclusive statistical analysis: Barbara Mills QC outlines how the deeply unhelpful, homogenous BAME acronym is masking the true extent and systemic nature of the Bar’s diversity problem.’

Counsel, July 2021

Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk

QC: Menopause “made me feel I was losing my mind” – Legal Futures

Posted June 17th, 2021 in barristers, menopause, mental health, news, queen's counsel, women by sally

‘A QC has described how going through an early menopause at the age of 37 made her feel she was “losing her mind” and left her a “hair’s breadth away” from leaving the Bar.’

Legal Futures, 17th June 2021

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

QC’s opinion “crudely altered” to mislead third party, court finds – Legal Futures

Posted April 7th, 2021 in barristers, company directors, compensation, deceit, fraud, liquidators, news, queen's counsel by sally

‘A QC’s opinion was dishonestly altered to reassure a third party charged with marketing an investment scheme that eventually collapsed, the High Court has found.’

Legal Futures, 7th April 2021

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Research lays bare gender disparities in publicly funded advocacy – Legal Futures

Posted January 5th, 2021 in barristers, equality, legal aid, news, queen's counsel, remuneration, reports, women by sally

‘There are “significant gender disparities” in barristers’ access to work and pay across both criminal and civil publicly funded work, research by a circuit judge has found.’

Legal Futures, 5th January 2021

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Significant leap in number of women applying for silk – Legal Futures

Posted December 18th, 2020 in barristers, diversity, equality, news, queen's counsel, solicitor advocates, statistics, women by sally

‘Some 116 new QCs were named yesterday, with the appointment body revealing that more women applied for silk this year and the majority were successful – unlike men.’

Legal Futures, 17th December 2020

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Inability to find a QC “not good reason” for arbitration no-show – Litigation Futures

Posted July 15th, 2020 in arbitration, barristers, legal representation, news, queen's counsel by tracey

‘A High Court judge has said there was no reason “at all” why a defendant in a €20m arbitration had to use the Bar and being unable to find counsel at short notice was not a good reason not to participate in the hearing.’

Litigation Futures, 15th July 2020

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

Absence of shielding QC “does not make in-person hearing unfair” – Legal Futures

Posted June 11th, 2020 in barristers, coronavirus, human rights, legal representation, news, queen's counsel, remote hearings by sally

‘A QC’s inability to attend court in person because she is shielding, unlike the other counsel in a case, will not make the hearing unfair, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’

Legal Futures, 10th June 2020

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

QC’s £1.5m brief fee for nine months’ work “reasonable” – Litigation Futures

Posted June 9th, 2020 in barristers, costs, fees, news, queen's counsel by sally

‘The Senior Costs Judge has approved a £1.5m brief fee for a leading QC who worked on a “titanic” commercial dispute almost exclusively for nine months.’

Litigation Futures, 8th June 2020

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

“Release QC money” to support Bar during Covid-19 – Legal Futures

Posted April 14th, 2020 in barristers, budgets, coronavirus, fees, inns of court, news, pro bono work, queen's counsel by sally

‘The Public Access Bar Association (PABA) has urged the Bar Council to call in its share of the surplus held by QC Appointments (QCA) to support barristers struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.’

Legal Futures, 14th April 2020

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Who gets silk? 2019 – Counsel

Posted February 20th, 2020 in barristers, diversity, news, queen's counsel, statistics by sally

‘Celebrating the 114 new silks – plus forensic analysis of the 2019 cohort and what it says about equality of opportunity in the profession and health of the Bar –by David Wurtzel.’

Counsel, February 2020

Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk

No shift in demographics as 114 new QCs are named – Litigation Futures

Posted January 20th, 2020 in barristers, diversity, equality, news, queen's counsel, women by sally

‘Some 114 new QCs were appointed yesterday, with the statistics showing little change in the demographics of the 258 who applied, of whom just a fifth were women.’

Litigation Futures, 17th January 2020

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

Barrister blogger attacks colleagues for “being prats on social media” – Legal Futures

Posted January 9th, 2020 in barristers, internet, news, professional conduct, queen's counsel by tracey

‘A leading barrister blogger has blasted her own colleagues at the Bar for “being prats on social media” who “trash our reputation”.’

Legal Futures, 9th January 2020

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

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