2011

23 December 2011 - Update for the profession: new arrangements to replace the Unified List.

16 December 2011 - Update for the profession: Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) fee scheme proposals.

13 December 2011 - The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has today published a report it commissioned from economic consultants Europe Economics, which has found that the concept of Contingent Legal Aid Funds (CLAF) has merit and should be taken forward as one of a number of sources of potential funding for civil litigation.

13 December 2011 - Update for the profession: new guidance on the prohibition of referral fees.

7 December 2011 - The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has welcomed the formal opening of the Rolls Building, by Her Majesty The Queen.

5 December 2011 - In his inaugural address this evening to the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, Michael Todd QC, who becomes Chairman of the Bar on 1 January 2012, called on the Government and the Bar to invest in the future.

2 December 2011 - Update for the profession: Crown Prosecution Service fees.

1 December 2011 - The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has welcomed much of today’s Written Ministerial Statement published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), which has announced substantial postponement of the implementation of planned price-based competition for the Criminal Defence Service.