News and press releases

  • Bar Council launches first ever Bar Nursery

    Bar Council launches first ever Bar Nursery

    16 April 2013

    The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has today launched the ‘Bar Nursery at Smithfield House’, a central London childcare facility in partnership with Smithfield House Children’s Nursery.

  • Bar Council Chairman:

    Bar Council Chairman: "We won't stand by as vulnerable people suffer". Barristers launch how-to Guide for DIY litigants

    1 April 2013

    The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has today published A Guide to Representing Yourself in Court. The Guide, which has been compiled by a range of Specialist Bar Associations, including a number of QCs, sets out an insider’s view on how to find free or affordable help with a legal problem, how to start and defend a claim, how to represent yourself in court and advice on specialist sections of law.

  • Bar Council and Bar Standards Board 2nd biennial survey of the profession

    15 May 2013 - The Bar Council and the Bar Standards Board are carrying out the second biennial survey of the Bar, the results of which will inform strategic planning and provide information on the working lives of barristers.

  • Legal profession joins forces to oppose unreasonable legal aid proposals

    14 May 2013 - Representatives of the Law Society and the Bar Council have joined forces with wider practitioner bodies to oppose the Ministry of Justice Consultation on proposed savage cuts to the funding of the Criminal Legal Aid Budget, the introduction of Price Competitive Tendering and other changes to the criminal justice system.

  • Bar Council appoints new Chief Executive

    14 May 2013 - The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has appointed a new Chief Executive. Stephen Crowne, who will take up the post on Monday 3 June, joins with wide-ranging experience of public and private sector leadership, most recently as Senior Director, Global Education, at Cisco, one of the world’s leading providers of networking equipment.

  • Update to the profession: Legal aid - write to your MP!

    7 May 2013 - The Bar Council’s General Management Committee last week approved public affairs and communications strategies for our campaign of opposition to the wide-ranging changes proposed in the legal aid consultation paper. With MPs returning to Westminster tomorrow, I am now asking every member of the Bar to write to their MP, expressing their concern.

  • Update from the Chairman: Say No to Cut-Price Justice

    3 May 2013 - The development of our response to the Ministry of Justice's legal aid consultation continues. Our working groups are preparing the Bar’s collective responses. We have partnered with 38 Degrees, a hugely influential campaigning group with a grassroots membership of over a million people, to raise awareness of the impact the Government’s proposals.

  • Pupillage Gateway deadline extended to 17:00, Thursday 9 May

    2 May 2013 - The Bar Council has extended the deadline for submission of pupillage applications via the Pupillage Gateway to 17:00 on Thursday 9 May.

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