2011

16 November 2011 - Update to the profession: the Attorney General has written to the Chairman of the Bar regarding the Regulatory List.

16 November 2011 - The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, will foster a wide-ranging discussion of the changes facing the family justice system when it hosts the second Bar Debate this evening, Wednesday 16 November 2011.

10 November 2011 - Update for the profession: the Bar Council has today released the election results for 2012.

5 November 2011 - Shereener Browne of Garden Court Chambers has won the 15th annual Sydney Elland Goldsmith Bar Pro Bono Award, which will be presented by the Attorney General at the Annual Bar Conference on Saturday 5 November.

5 November 2011 - Caroline Binham, legal correspondent for the Financial Times, and the BBC World Service have won the Bar Council’s Legal Reporting Awards 2011 in the print and broadcast categories respectively. The awards will be presented by writer and broadcaster Simon Fanshawe at the 26th Annual Bar Conference on Saturday 5 November.

5 November 2011 - The Chairman of the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, will tell delegates at the 26th Annual Bar Conference that they need to shape the future or risk being part of the past.

3 November 2011 - The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, and the Family Law Bar Association (FLBA), which represents family barristers, have welcomed the key proposals of the Family Justice Review, contained in the final report published today. They have, however, voiced concerns about its ambitious vision of the future of family justice in the face of drastic proposed cuts to family legal aid.

2 November 2011 - The Chairman of the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has told Bar leaders from around the world that an independent judiciary is the most important element in attracting clients to any jurisdiction.