News and press releases

9 September 2011 - The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has welcomed Government moves to ban all referral fees in personal injury cases and has called on the Government to go further.

6 September 2011 - The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, and the Criminal Bar Association (CBA), which represents criminal barristers, have voiced a cautious welcome to recent proposals to allow film cameras into courtrooms for sentencing remarks.

5 September 2011 - A research report on Practising Certificate Fees, commissioned by the Bar Council and undertaken by IFF Research, has been published. Click here to read it.

1 September 2011 - Max Hill QC, who today begins a year-long term as Chairman of the Criminal Bar Association, which represents criminal barristers in England and Wales, has sent a stark warning to the Government about the long-term effects of legal aid cuts. In a rallying call to criminal barristers, he has warned that if legal aid cuts cripple the criminal Bar, it will be almost impossible to restore.

17 August 2011 - Statement from Adrian Vincent, Head of Remuneration and Policy following discussions between the Bar Council and the Legal Services Commission (LSC) on the limitation period in debit note cases.

9 August 2011 - The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has today responded to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation on amendments to the funding of civil and criminal defence work.

3 August 2011 - The Bar Council has continued to receive complaints from barristers regarding delays and other problems since the Legal Services Commission took over the processing and payment of Crown Court legal aid fees. On 8 June 2011, the Bar Council posted a news item on its website detailing the reasons for the delays.1 Since then, the Bar Council has made further representations to ensure that these matters are resolved.

28 July 2011 - The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has today welcomed the confirmation from the Bar Standards Board (BSB) that the date from which pupillages may be formally offered will not be deferred from Tuesday 2 August 2011, and will go ahead as planned.