2011

10 March 2011 - The Citizenship Foundation, in partnership with the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland and the Bar Council of Northern Ireland, is gearing up for the 20th annual final of the Bar National Mock Trial Competition.

1 March 2011 - The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, the Law Society and the British Association for Sport and Law (BASL) have today announced the formation of the ‘London 2012 Pro Bono Legal Advice and Representation Service’.

22 February 2011 - Guidance for barristers produced by the Professional Practice Committee of the Bar Council on the Provision of Services Regulations 2009 (the ‘Regulations’) has been sent to all Heads of Chambers this week. The guidance is also available on the Bar Council website at http://www.barcouncil.org.uk/assets/documents/Provision%20of%20Services%20guidance.

21 February 2011 - At the end of October and early November 2009, a mission led by Desmond Browne QC (then Chairman of the Bar of England and Wales) and Mohamed Husain (the South African President of the Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association) visited Zimbabwe to report on the state of the rule of law in the aftermath of the signature of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) on 15 September 2008.

14 February 2011 - The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, will today respond to the Government’s proposals for the reform of the costs of civil litigation. It will say that cost reduction is in the public interest but will warn that whilst cost reduction is welcome significant threats to access to justice must be addressed and that one size cannot fit all in litigation.

14 February 2011 - A forensic examination of the Government’s Green Paper on legal aid, carried out by the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has found that proposals by the Ministry of Justice to cut legal aid could end up costing rather than saving taxpayers’ money, with a devastating effect on access to justice.

10 February 2011 - The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has welcomed the publication of TheCityUK’s report on Legal Services, which highlights the Bar’s growing overseas exports.

7 February 2011 - A delegation from the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, is attending the 17th Commonwealth Law Conference in Hyderabad.