All The Bar articles – Page 25
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NewsBarristers to face ‘spot checks’ under new CPD scheme
Regime replaces requirement for set number of continuing professional development hours.
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NewsBundle of joy in Court 19
An unexpectedly weighty matter was being heard in the Administrative Court last Friday - 6lbs, 8oz-worth.
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NewsBaroness Blackstone to chair bar regulator
Labour peer will succeed Sir Andrew Burns at Bar Standards Board in January.
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NewsBar to lower standard of proof in disciplinary cases
Bar Standards Board agrees to adopt civil standard in possible harbinger of similar change by SDT.
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NewsTime to end solicitor-bar divide, first female solicitor QC says
June Venters will be called to the bar by Middle Temple on Thursday.
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NewsBarrister has toy car confiscated over 'weapon' fears
Criminal Bar Association chief attacks illogical court lists and ‘insulting’ behaviour of staff.
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NewsBarristers best placed for ‘gig economy’ shift, says young bar chief
Tech-savvy barristers are ideally placed to take advantage of the so-called ‘gig economy’.
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NewsSir Henry Brooke's legal aid rallying cry
Standing ovation as renowned chair hits out at recent cuts.
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NewsMunby cancels 21 divorces handled by fraudster ex-barrister
Judge identifies discrepancies with both the addresses and signatures on documents.
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NewsOnline hub to guide barristers on ethical issues
Ethics & Practice Hub to run alongside existing phone line.
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Bar Conference: New five-year plan for appointing judges
The Judicial Appointments Commission is to publish an unprecedented forward programme for appointing judges in a bid to boost the appeal of the bench to candidates from all backgrounds. The five-year plan, running from 2017-2022, will enable aspiring judges to identify ‘clear pathways’ to office and help candidates decide which ...
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NewsBar Conference: Chambers 'price war' and 'collusion' fears over fee transparency
Barristers and solicitors should be forced to publish prices online, conference hears.
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NewsBar Conference: We don't accept your constraints, chair tells government
Andrew Langdon QC says treatment of profession ’borders on contempt’.
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NewsBar confirms no cab rank rule extension
Regulator reiterates fears that rule extension could reduce access to justice.
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NewsDirect access portal to face claim over commission payments
Five recruiters say their work for Mybarrister.co.uk was subject to unrealistic targets.
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NewsLies and statistics: advocates get help with statistical evidence
Guide produced by Inns of Court College of Advocacy and Royal Statistical Society aims to help avoid miscarriages of justice.
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NewsBlackstone's v Archbold: Solicitors and barristers back opposing sides
Criminal Bar Association and London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association sought views of their members.
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NewsFed up junior barristers victims of 'shabby' court listings
Criminal Bar Association says some barristers are refusing to take briefs in certain courts.
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Bar scraps nursery scheme after four years
Campaign to set up a nursery stretched back decades.
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NewsBarrister lifts lid on impact of rude and aggressive judges
Mary Aspinall-Miles says some judges ’undermine professional confidence’.