All The Bar articles – Page 47
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OpinionGrayling faces a new problem
The lord chancellor says all the bar’s problems are not down to him. But the government must prepare for a looming issue.
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NewsBar chair challenges Grayling’s sums
Lord chancellor under fire for claiming QC’s fees average £135,000 on high cost cases.
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NewsBar disciplinary rules ‘opaque’ says High Court
The High Court has refused judicial reviews of disciplinary decisions bought by three barristers, but criticised the rules governing hearings.
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NewsBSB hits back in row over costs of challenge to QASA
The bar’s regulator describes as ‘grossly inaccurate’ claims that it is prepared to spend up to £500,000 fighting a judicial review of the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates.
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NewsCriminal bar gets green light to challenge QASA
The High Court has granted the Criminal Bar Association permission to proceed with its legal challenge to advocacy assessment.
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NewsJunior barristers warned they are 'fair game' to political spin
A senior member of the Court of Appeal has called on judges to speak out to protect the independent bar and help dispel ‘misleading myths’ spread about junior barristers.
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NewsBaby barristers get keys to public access
Changes to public access rules come into force today, allowing junior barristers to accept work from the public.
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Barristers quit panel in QASA protest
CBA members told that the move represents the ‘first sign of collateral damage’ in the QASA ‘mess’.
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NewsCriminal barristers set to target courts
Criminal Bar Association has stressed the bar’s concerns over the government’s ‘sustained attack’ on the criminal justice system.
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Opinion
Bar plays by different rules
Members of the profession may not know that they can be out of pocket paying counsel’s fees when the court has determined that those fees are unreasonable.
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NewsBar complaints system cleared of racial bias
Review finds disproportionate number of BME barristers subject to complaints but says the system does not discriminate.
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NewsTooks Chambers to resurrect as low-cost Mansfield Chambers
New set hopes to halve the overheads paid to chambers by operating on a ‘wholly new platform’ through an electronic hub.
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NewsDissolving Tooks Chambers blames legal aid cuts for demise
Rumours over the demise of the set have been widespread since a number of high-profile members departed.
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News'Halt and bin' QASA, says Waddington
Legal regulators being told to abandon scheme a week before registration is due to commence.
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NewsBar calls for a ‘college of regulators’ - and no Legal Services Board
The Bar Standards Board and Bar Council have added their voices to calls for the Legal Services Board to be scrapped.
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Lithman: fee cuts will be 'kiss of death'
Criminal barristers will accept ’not a penny more’ of fee cuts, Nigel Lithman QC tells Chris Grayling.
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NewsCity lawyers support 'equal merit' diversity push
City lawyers join Bar Council in lukewarm support for supporting minority judicial candidates.
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NewsCriminal bar issues legal challenge to QASA
The Criminal Bar Association has issued a legal challenge to the decision to press ahead with quality assurance scheme.
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Saunders welcomed as new DPP
Lawyers have welcomed the appointment of a Crown Prosecution Service insider as the next director of public prosecutions.