The dispute over the Ministry of Justice’s refusal to grant pensions to part-time judges has been referred by the Supreme Court to the European Court of Justice.
Saturday 2 October 2010 at 10.00amThe meeting will be held at the Bar Council offices, 289-293 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7HZ
The Joint Advocacy Group has launched its consultation on proposals for a scheme to quality assure advocates in the criminal courts. The Group was established by the Bar Standards Board, the Solicitors Regulation Authority and ILEX Professional Standards to develop ascheme to quality assure criminal advocacy across the three professions. The consultation paper sets out the framework for the delivery of the scheme and invites comments by 12 November 2010.
Leading family law barristers have spoken out against the Legal Services Commission’s decision to drop many specialist solicitors firms from its contract pool.
“I am more inclined to judicial discretion than some of my predecessors”, the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor, Ken Clarke QC, declared to the Justice Select Committee on 21 July 2010.
ON 8 July 2010 the Bar Council launched a week-long programme of events aimed at promoting and enhancing better access to the profession. This included a day-long conference in Birmingham for sixth-formers interested in a career at the Bar and the fourth annualBar Placement Scheme, in conjunction with the Social Mobility Foundation.
On 18 June 2010 the Bar Council International Committee (“the International Committee”) hosted a roundtable discussion at the Bar Council’s offices on the similarities and differences between the common law concept of “the Rule of Law” and the civil law concept of “Rechtsstaat” (“legal state” or “state of law”).
The West Indies is hosting the next Lawyers Cricket World Cup starting on 14 August 2011. If you are interested in playing for the Bar of England and Wales Cricket Club, please e-mail bewcc@yahoo.com. For further information on the history and rules of the tournament visit www.lcwc.info
The first independent and politically neutral legal think tank in the UK has launched. Halsbury’s Law Exchange, a LexisNexis initiative, will generate expert research and debate to determine whether the law is fair and where change is needed.
The number of judicial appointment related complaints has risen from 12 cases last year to 29 this year.
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We are seeking a permanent, full-time Family & Childcare Team Secretary for our newly expanded team in our Birmingham office.
Update from the Chair of the Bar
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
Endometriosis Awareness North, a charity raising awareness of endometriosis and supporting those affected across the North of England, has received a £500 boost from AlphaBiolabs via the company’s Giving Back initiative
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
The case against judge-only justice and why efficiency is not enough. By Professor Leslie Thomas KC
Jemima Coleman and Zo Leventhal KC on the evolving global movement seeking to reframe how we view nature: to recognise that nature possesses inherent rights and to enshrine these rights in law
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