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The report of the BVC Review Working Group was well received by the BSB at its meeting on 17 July. The full report (plus annexes) is now available on the BSB website at: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/publications
Details of the new Bar Professional Training Course can be found in the draft Handbook for the course which is now available to download from the BSB website at www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/qualifyingforthebar/aboutthebvc/bvcconsultation
It should be noted that the Handbook is still being developed and we welcome any comments.
All existing and potential providers of the new course have been informed of the outcome of the Review and expressions of interest in delivering the new course from September 2010 are requested by 31 October 2008. For further information about these developments, please contact Dr Valerie Shrimplin, Head of Education Standards, vshrimplin@barstandardsboard.org.uk or Cordelia Lean, Education Officer, clean@barstandardsboard.org.uk.
Details of the new Bar Professional Training Course can be found in the draft Handbook for the course which is now available to download from the BSB website at www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/qualifyingforthebar/aboutthebvc/bvcconsultation
It should be noted that the Handbook is still being developed and we welcome any comments.
All existing and potential providers of the new course have been informed of the outcome of the Review and expressions of interest in delivering the new course from September 2010 are requested by 31 October 2008. For further information about these developments, please contact Dr Valerie Shrimplin, Head of Education Standards, vshrimplin@barstandardsboard.org.uk or Cordelia Lean, Education Officer, clean@barstandardsboard.org.uk.
The report of the BVC Review Working Group was well received by the BSB at its meeting on 17 July. The full report (plus annexes) is now available on the BSB website at: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/publications
Update from the Chair of the Bar
AlphaBiolabs has been awarded the contract to provide drug, alcohol, and DNA testing services for Hull City Council, following a rigorous competitive tender process
By Clement Cowley, Partner at The Penny Group
Modernising communication and collaboration at a leading Chancery set. A Zexi case study
How to build profile without compromising professional duties. By Naumaan Farooq, Co-Founder of Inked PR
Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, examines the role of cut-off levels, and the wider range of factors that must be considered when interpreting results for family court proceedings
A decade of reviews and research has disrupted accepted thinking in the search for causality. Suicides following abuse have overtaken domestic homicides. Is the law keeping up? Professor Susan Edwards KC (Hon) examines recent cases and the obstacles to successful prosecution
At least not that way, says Richard Paige
The case against judge-only justice – and why efficiency is not enough. By Professor Leslie Thomas KC
Heritage as an anchor and a compass, finding our common humanity and embracing the power of the outsider – Melina Antoniadis’s lessons learnt
Lauren Fullerton examines the how, what and why of setting up a second chambers base
