The Bar

Articles

13 Mar 2015

The future of gender equality in the legal profession

First 100 Years project maps the journey of women lawyers

9 Mar 2015

Smashing from afar

Back with a bang, Barrister Hulk QC talks to John van der Luit-Drummond about dating civil servants, secret Swiss bank accounts, and training for the Bar

3 Mar 2015

Bar Council salutes diversity-friendly training model

Students with non-traditional backgrounds should not be put off the Bar because of high costs or lack of pupillages

23 Feb 2015

Barrister barred for practising without certificate

BSB says uncooperative lawyer failed to engage with regulator throughout disciplinary process

20 Feb 2015

Give training responsibility back to chambers, says BSB

Regulator must concentrate on standards to be achieved, not how they are achieved

13 Feb 2015

Supreme Court grants appeal to criminal barristers over QASA

Court to hear argument as to the correctness of assumptions made by the Court of Appeal

13 Feb 2015

BSB to streamline complaint handling regulations and powers

Consultation launched to remove power from Professional Conduct Committee to take NFA decisions

11 Feb 2015

Whistleblowing laws to be extended

The barrister behind a major review of NHS whistleblowing criticised the 'limited' and 'not easy to understand' law around whistleblowing protection and 'defensive' attitude of in-house lawyers, reports Catherine Baksi