All The Bar articles – Page 39
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NewsSolicitor opts for bar over SRA in search of ‘stability’
Mark Johnson opted to license his business as a single-person bar entity because he values a more stable insurance market.
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NewsSolicitor among the first bar entities authorised
Mark Johnson cites 'proportionate’ level of regulation as factor in moving away from SRA regime.
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NewsPupillages fall as work at bar shrinks
The number of ‘first-six’ pupillages offered in 2013-14 fell to 397, an 8% drop since 2009/10, according to statistics from the bar regulator.
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NewsFewer barriers for women in judiciary than the bar – LCJ
Lord Thomas said there is no longer a glass ceiling at the judiciary, but the bar needs to improve on diversity.
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NewsSingle-person bar entities face insurance struggle
Only eight out of 26 commercial insurers the Bar Standards Board approached said they would be willing to insure BSB-regulated entities.
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News‘Named and shamed’ barrister suspended over payments
Public access practitioner suspended for failing to pay for work done by three barristers.
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NewsBSB begins push for more flexible routes to the bar
Bar regulator to develop ‘professional statement’ to define what a newly qualified barrister should be able to do.
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NewsBar regulator licenses 15 ‘entities’
BSB says it will name new businesses when they have secured insurance to offer services.
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NewsFirst bar entities to be announced ‘in days’
Regulator's business plan sets out priorities for 2015-16.
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Bar ponders new limits on ‘cab rank’ rule
Regulator considers excluding solicitors deemed to be a ‘credit risk’.
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NewsBar regulator seeks QC re-accreditation scheme
BSB suggests Queen’s Counsel Appointments body best placed to run quality assurance scheme.
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NewsBarristers offered ‘payment plan’ for clients
Bar Council says tie-up with credit broker will give barristers ‘peace of mind’.
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NewsBarrister disbarred for practising without valid PC
Jonathan Oultram practised as a barrister from March 2013 to January 2014 despite not being properly authorised to do so.
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NewsBSB wants to surrender powers on pupillages
Chambers and employers best placed to design the pupillage experience, says Bar Standards Board.
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NewsSupreme Court agrees to hear QASA challenge
Decisions open another chapter in a long-running fight between regulators and advocates.
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NewsBSB explores alternatives to advocacy quality scheme
Regulator looks at other advocacy checks while uncertainty surrounds controversial QASA.
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NewsBarrister wins appeal after BSB evidence blunder
Bar Standards Board admits to ‘very regrettable and serious mistake’ in case of public access barrister.
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NewsWitnesses to be warned of questions under DPP plans
Guidance from director of public prosecutions proposes ‘pre-trial special measures meeting’ with witnesses.
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NewsCab rank rule still a ‘cardinal principle’ – minister
Faulks accepts fees have fallen in real terms and remain ‘extremely modest’.