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The Public Bill Committee, Planet Earth and Exeter

Far-ranging month for the Chair of the Bar

18 May 2026 / Kirsty Brimelow KC
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From Preston to Parliament

Chair of the Bar reports back

13 April 2026 / Kirsty Brimelow KC
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Greetings from India

Chair of the Bar finds common ground on legal services between our two jurisdictions, plus an update on jury trials

16 March 2026 / Kirsty Brimelow KC
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Stop before running over juries

The Bar Council is ready to support a turn to the efficiencies that will make a difference

16 February 2026 / Kirsty Brimelow KC
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In the Chair: the roads ahead

Kirsty Brimelow KC, Chair of the Bar, sets our course for 2026 

14 January 2026 / Kirsty Brimelow KC
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What a year

Chair of the Bar reflects on 2025

08 December 2025 / Barbara Mills KC
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A busy autumn

The Bar Council continues to call for investment for the justice system and represent the interests of our profession both at home and abroad

13 November 2025 / Barbara Mills KC
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Funding for justice and safety for lawyers

Justice system requires urgent attention and next steps on the Harman Review

16 October 2025 / Barbara Mills KC
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Coming up soon

Chair of the Bar sets out a busy calendar for the rest of the year

04 September 2025 / Barbara Mills KC
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The rush before summer

In the run-up to holiday season, the Bar Council has been working on wellbeing, court reforms, EDI and offering solidarity

04 August 2025 / Barbara Mills KC
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‘Legal aid is broke and so are we’: Jo Delahunty KC

In this wide-ranging interview, Professor Jo Delahunty KC, Family Law KC of the Year, talks to Anthony Inglese CB about the values that shaped her, the moment she found her vocation and, in an intensely personal call to arms, why time is running out for the legal aid Bar

Shifting the jeopardy onto bullying judges

Is the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office process fit for purpose? Women barristers’ experiences of bullying are not being reported or, if they are, they are not making it through the system, says Tana Adkin KC

Privy Council ‘colonialism’ – a response

Thomas Roe KC and Andrew O’Kola respond to an article by Dr Leonardo Raznovich (Counsel , October 2025) ‘Privy Council colonialism? Piercing the constitutional veil’

From Preston to Parliament

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Sharing the advocacy

The client’s best interests could be well-served by sharing the advocacy with junior counsel more often than you might think Naomi Cunningham and Charlotte Eves explore some less orthodox ways to divide the speaking role

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