All The Bar articles – Page 22
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NewsBar Council pours cold water on regulator's complaints plans
Bar Standards Board proposed setting up an independent body to assess information from third parties about barristers and chambers.
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NewsTribunal sanctions ‘aggressive’ shouting barrister
Robert Gilbert sanction comes amid increased focus on workplace behaviour.
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NewsBarristers to 'number crunch' government's offer
Threat of escalated action is still on the table following meeting of heads of chambers.
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NewsGoodbye to pupillage? Bar ponders new entry models
Vast majority of aspiring barristers still expected to go through familiar training system.
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NewsBarristers bring flexible courts into legal aid action
Pilot scheme is one of 'wider considerations’ to take into account, says Criminal Bar Association as it ponders government offer.
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NewsStressed and working for free: barristers blame solicitors for extra workload
Perception that solicitors are 'doing less than previously’ in criminal cases cited in Bar Council report on working lives.
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NewsBar to suspend no returns threat after talks 'breakthrough'
Government has found new cash for complex cases - and a 1% increase in fees next year, criminal barristers say.
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NewsThird woman in less than a decade to become Bar Council vice-chair
Amanda Pinto QC has been elected vice-chair while Richard Atkins will become chair in 2019.
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NewsChambers could be told to publish harassment statistics
Bar regulator says it is determined to address ‘cultural issues’ that could contribute to unfair treatment of women.
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NewsSolicitors mull support for bar action
Solicitors and practitioner groups are mulling how to back the criminal bar’s protest action against legal aid fee reforms. The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has advised its 4,000 members to adopt a ‘no returns’ policy from 25 May. It would start to take effect in courts after the late-May bank ...
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NewsTop QC fined £10,000 over payment in property case
Andrew Thornhill should have pulled out of role as independent expert after 'inference' that independence compromised, tribunal rules.
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Bar pupillage report shows BAME struggle
Statistics lay bare the competitive nature of obtaining pupillage.
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News'No returns' - bar escalates action after Commons defeat
Criminal Bar Association advises members to adopt new policy from 25 May.
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NewsBar Council sounds data protection bill privilege warning
New regime will make it more difficult for lawyers to advise and defend their clients, says Bar chief.
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News'Nothing to lose': Bar ponders no returns policy to escalate protest
About 100 chambers are already refusing new work and the bar’s mood is hardening as the Ministry of Justice stands firm.
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NewsReject data contracts with solicitor firms, bar told
Bar Council advises self employed barristers they are not mere sub-contractors - and therefore not data processors under new GDPR regime.
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NewsGovernment backtracks on legal aid fee debate
Leader of the House announces motion will be considered by parliament on 8 May.
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NewsSpeaker condemns 'unhealthy' failure to allow MPs legal aid fee debate
Opposition claims proposals prompting barristers’ boycott could have fallen had they been properly scrutinised.
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NewsWe don't believe in separate professions, says solicitor-barrister tie-up
BSB-regulated firm says it hopes to encourage others to combine solicitor and barrister services in future.
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NewsBar regulator mulls dropping ban on LGBT barrister data
Consultation will ask whether the rule related to sexual orientation reporting is ‘still appropriate’.