The Bar

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25 Mar 2013

Abolish witness statements in commercial cases, Bar Council says

Despite high cost, many contain only 'spin and self-serving material'

25 Feb 2013

Bar fury over leaked CPS email

CPS 'deliberately acting against public interest'

11 Feb 2013

QC convicted of £600,000 VAT fraud

Silk claimed to be 'extremely poor' at paperwork

8 Feb 2013

Northern delights | The trials of a dry January

Kevin Poulter is concerned about the health of the profession after an alocohol-free month

25 Jan 2013

Editor's blog | Spirit of independence

Sole practitioners and in-house lawyers refuse to be strong armed into Chancery Lane

23 Jan 2013

Cab rank principle 'could extend to ABSs'

LSB report says traditional rule for barristers no longer justified

23 Jan 2013

Let parliament decide on privilege, Lord Neuberger says

Supreme Court warns of 'uncertainty' if legal privilege extended to non-lawyers

10 Jan 2013

BARCO approved by FSA

Ten chambers to pilot service before full launch in spring