All The Bar articles – Page 16
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NewsCPS commits to annual review of bar fees
Chair of the Criminal Bar Association: ‘we have never had anything like this or approaching this before’.
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NewsFree no more: BSB to pay barristers for tribunal representation
The regulator will replace its pro bono prosecution panel in January in an attempt to improve fairness and efficiency.
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NewsBar delays 'anti-abuse' written contracts for pupils
Bar regulator says more time is needed to roll out the changes.
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FeatureFreelance solicitors: a threat to the direct access bar
Similarities between the freelance solicitor model and the existing direct access barrister model should be cause for concern.
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NewsBar offers free app to report bullying and harassment
Barristers will be able to talk to anonymous 'bot to make contemporaneous records.
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NewsCrown court sitting days decision 'political' - senior presiding judge
Lady Justice Macur says allocation has been chopped from 97,400 in 2018/19 to 82,300 in 2019/20.
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NewsSenior judges neglecting barristers' wellbeing says CBA chair
Chris Henley QC says criminal courts are ‘needlessly hostile to diversity and family life’.
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NewsSolicitor advocates attack SRA standards review
The Solicitors’ Association of Higher Courts Advocates accuses the regulator of favouring barristers and relying on flimsy evidence.
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NewsBarrister accused of using abusive Twitter account resigns
Daniel Bennett from Doughty Street Chambers is accused of being behind an account that harassed antisemitism campaigners.
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NewsState of criminal justice ‘far worse’ than new figures show, says Bar Council
Statistics revealed the lowest number of prosecutions since records began.
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NewsIgnore emails after 6pm, family court tells lawyers
The Central Family Court said barristers should have an hour for lunch and court days should end at 4.30pm.
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NewsBarrister who paid client two hours before tribunal dodges suspension
Ian Wheaton was ordered by the legal ombudsman to pay £950 in compensation.
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NewsBarrister who brandished knife at police fined £500 by BSB
Jane Charlton pleaded guilty to four charges of common assault in 2016 after threatening police with a 'large kitchen knife'.
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NewsWritten agreements could counter ‘abusive’ treatment of bar pupils
Bar Council says it has evidence of 'truly shocking' behaviour towards trainee barristers.
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News‘Chemsex’ barrister suspended again by tribunal
Henry Hendron, who pleaded guilty to drug offences in 2016, has been suspended for three months after failing to pay a complainant.
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NewsCourt slashes £25k costs for superfluous QC
Appeal judge comes down hard on party whose entire legal team arrived for costs hearing after family case.
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NewsFreshfields pushes lawyers to connect with female barristers
Magic circle firm wants to see greater diversity among the counsel it instructs.
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News'Affordable' bar training course gets green light
From September 2020, aspiring barristers may commence a two-part course run by the Inns of Court College of Advocacy.
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NewsProportion of solicitor-judges dips despite diversity drive
Share of bench occupied by judges with non-barrister backgrounds has dropped by three percentage points.
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NewsCity could fund legal aid to save reputation of English law - top judge
Lady Justice Hallett warns City of London Corporation that rival jurisdictions are primed to exploit the degradation of our legal system.