All The Bar articles – Page 9
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NewsBSB releases exam pass rates after summer IT fiasco
Technical problems meant around 25% of students could not see all the questions.
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NewsCounsel blocked from family case over personal animosity
High Court judge backs rare step of stopping advocate from accepting further instructions.
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NewsDiversity donations and Covid trim QC Appointments' reserves
Reserves should be near ‘desired level’ by end of financial year, directors report.
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NewsBullying still 'widespread' among barristers, research finds
Regulator seen as 'too paternalistic and authoritarian' to handle sensitive complaints.
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OpinionReverse mentor scheme takes us back to the 18th century
Evidence of Lord Mansfield's relationship with Dido Belle indicates a mutual admiration between them.
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News‘Bitter and destructive’ dispute between barrister and chambers put on hold
Barrister voted out by London set claims he was subject to racial victimisation and harassment.
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NewsBarristers condemn Middle Temple for hosting Metropolitan Police commissioner
'Black, Brown & Racialised Groups Inns Alliance' says 150 lawyers and law students signed its open letter.
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NewsBar Council urges government lawyers to feed back on judicial review
A call for evidence was issued by the Independent Review of Administrative Law last month.
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NewsCriminal barristers earning less than minimum wage, Bar Council claims
The justice sector in a ‘dire state’ and plagued by ‘outrageously long delays’, according to representative body.
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NewsBar sets could move online post-coronavirus, says QC
Lockdown has ‘made people realise how little they in fact used or needed the traditional chambers model’.
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NewsHundreds of students register for bar re-sits
BSB says August exam performance appears to be in line with last year despite technical difficulties.
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NewsBSB refuses to back down on October exams
Waiver ‘not an option now or in the future’ says regulator.
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NewsBar students required to decide exam retake before knowing results
Bar Standards Board says it cannot release August results sooner due to quality assurance processes.
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NewsBSB admits underestimating number caught up in exam fiasco
Bar Professional Training Course candidates will be able to resit exam using pen and paper in October.
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NewsTribunal dismisses barrister’s race discrimination claim against BSB
Employment judge finds case was brought several years too late.
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NewsFuture pupillages under pressure because of Covid-19, says BSB
Over a quarter of chambers intend to delay pupils’ start dates.
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NewsWhat you may have missed from the magazine
A digest of important developments since our last print edition.
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NewsBSB pilots reverse mentoring scheme for white QCs
Senior white barristers will be mentored by BAME bar students and pupils.
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NewsBSB updates handbook for fourth time in 12 months
Practising certificates to be issued by the regulator rather than the Bar Council.