The Bar

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11 May 2017

MoJ 'fiddling while Rome burns' with extended court hours pilot

'It is hard enough to juggle work and home without evening sittings,' says silk

11 May 2017

Bar and CILEx back online legal education portal

The Lawyer Portal to make careers in law 'accessible to all', says its managing director

27 Mar 2017

HMCTS plans to extend court hours a blow for women barristers

Plans jar with government's commitment to improving judicial diversity

15 Mar 2017

BSB: Direct access 'working well' but no room for complacency

Regulator's research finds barriers to schemes and 'poor service' from barristers

3 Feb 2017

Justice is blind

Silk handed £1,000 fine after Stevie Wonder website claim

12 Jan 2017

Solicitor QCs: Silk goes to big-ticket commercial litigators

More solicitors and a more diverse picture in latest QC appointments

7 Nov 2016

Lawyers must not 'prop up' ailing legal aid system

Law Society launches new pro bono charter, but warns against free advice becoming a substitute to 'a properly funded legal aid system'

20 Oct 2016

Retrial by media

How can the public understand Ched Evans' not guilty verdict when lawyers are retrying the defence's case in the press, asks John van der Luit-Drummond