Chairman's Letters and Speeches
Use the links below to read speeches and letters delivered and written by the Chairman of the Bar.
2008
Chairman's Letter to all SBA Chairs, Circuit Leaders, Heads of Chambers: Court Dress: 31 July 2008
Chairman's Letter to all Heads of Criminal Chambers: Circuit Leaders: VHCCs: 11 July 2008
Chairman's Letter to Carolyn Regan, Legal Services: 21 May 2008
Response from Richard Collins: 22 May 2008
Enclosure letter from Richard Collins to the Editor, The Times: 22 May 2008
Chairman's Letter to all Heads of Chambers, Senior Clerks, Practice Managers, Circuit Leaders and SBA Chairs: Alternative Business Structures and Legal Disciplinary Partnerships: 19 May 2008
Chairman's Letter to all Heads of Chambers and Circuit Leaders re VHCC Cases: 2 May 2008
Chairman's speech at the Law Society, Leeds: 10 April 2008
Chairman' s letter to all Heads of Chambers, Senior Clerks, Practice Managers, Circuit Leaders: High Cost Criminal Cases: 4 April 2008, together with letters to Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE and Richard Collins
Chairman's letter to all Heads of Chambers, Senior Clerks, Practice Manager: VHCC Cases: 13 March 2008
Current Issues facing the Bar, on which the Bar Council is engaged: 12 March 2008
Chairman's Speech to the Law Society: Guardian Criminal Justice Summit: 10 March 2008
Chairman's letter to all Heads of Chambers, Senior Clerks, Practice Managaers, Circuit Leaders: VHCC (Criminal) Cases: 7 March 2008
Chairman's letter to all Heads of Chambers, Senior Clerks, Practice Managers, Circuit Leaders: VHCC Letter from the Chairman of the Bar: 12 February 2008
Chairman's letter to all Heads of Chambers, Senior Clerks, Practice Managers: Revised Protocol for Payment of Fees in the Magistrates' Courts together with the updated protocol: 30 January 2008
Chairman's letter to Richard Collins, Legal Services Commission: 21 January 2008
In response to Richard Collins' letter of 17 January 2008
Chairman's letter: VHCC Panel Advocate Contracts: 17 January 2008
Chairman's letter: VHCC Contracts: 17 January 2008
Chairman's letter to all Criminal Practitioners regarding VHCC contracts: 10 January 2008
Chairman's letter to all Criminal Practitioners regarding VHCC contracts: 4 January 2008
2007
Chairman's Letter to All Criminal Chambers, Clerks and Practice Managers re VHCC Contracts: 19 December 2007
Chairman’s speech at the Inaugural Bar Council 2008: 10 December 2007
Upjohn Lecture: 7 December 2007
Chairman's Letter to All CPS Employed Bar: 28 November 2007
Chairman's Letter to Heads of Chambers, Senior Clerks, Practice Managers, Circuit Leaders: Pension for Recorders: 26 November 2007
Geoffrey Vos QC's speech at The Bar Conference 2008
Chairman's Letter to Heads of Chambers, re Bar Quality Advisory Panel
Chairman's Letter to All Members of the Bar: End of Summer Report
Geoffrey Vos QC's speech at the American Bar Association Conference, 12 August 2007: A European Perspective on Controlling Terrorism
Chairman's Letter to Heads of Chambers, re Criminal Legal Aid Fees and Court Dress
Chairman's Letter to Heads of Chambers, re High Cost Criminal Cases (PDF Version)
Chairman's Letter to Heads of Chambers, re High Cost Criminal Cases (Word Version)
Chairman's Letter to Heads of Chambers, re HCA and self-employed barrister deployment in the Crown Court and PCMH hearings
- To reference with above letter: CPS/Bar Framework of Principles
Chairman's Letter to Heads of Chambers, re VHHCs, the CPS and Graduated Fees
Chairman's Address to the AGM on 16 June 2007
Geoffrey Vos QC's letter of 7 June 2007 to Heads of Chambers, Circuit Leaders, Senior Clerks and Bar Council Members on Quality.
Geoffrey Vos QC's Speech at the Remuneration Conference: 18 May 2007
Geoffrey Vos QC's Speech at the Second Annual IBA Bar Leader's Conference, Zagreb: 16 May 2007
Geoffrey Vos QC's Speech for CBA Conference: 20 April 2007
To: Heads of Chambers, Circuit Leaders, Senior Clerks: Important Topics: 28 March 2007
Heads of Chambers, Circuit Leaders, Senior Clerks: Publicly Funded Fees and Other Matters: 31 January 2007
Part 1 – Publicly Funded Matters
Part 2 – The Tenth Programme For Law Reform of the Law Commission
2006
To: Heads of Chambers, Circuit Leaders, Senior Clerks: 13th December 2006
Chairman’s speech at the Inaugural Bar Council 2007: 11 December 2006
To: Members of the Circuits and CBA, Heads of Chambers, Senior Clerks : 6 December 2006
To: Heads of Chambers, Circuit Leaders, Senior Clerks: 14 September 2006
To: Heads of Chambers, Circuit Leaders, Senior Clerks: 4 August 2006
Geoffrey Vos QC's Speech for CBA Seminar on the Final Carter Report: 13th July 2006
Lord Carter's Review of Legal Aid Procurement, Final report. Letter to Members of the Circuits and the CBA, Heads of Chambers and Senior Clerks for circulation to all members of the Bar: 13 July 2006
Part 1 - Lord Carter's Review of Legal Aid Procurement
Part 2 - Annex 1
Lord Carter’s Legal Aid Procurement Review: 25 May 2006
To: Heads of Chambers, Circuit Leaders, Senior Clerks and Practice Directors: Update On The Carter Review: 9 May 2006
To: Heads of Chambers, Circuit Leaders, Senior Clerks - update on Carter 11 April 2006
2005
Inaugural Speech to the 2006 Bar Council by Stephen Hockman QC: 13 December 2005
Chairman's Speech to Bar Conference: 15 October 2005
Legal Aid Procurement Review - letter from Lord Carter of Coles: 14 September 2005
To: Circuit Leaders, Heads of Chambers, Senior Clerks - Criminal Legal Aid Fees: 16 August 2005
To: Heads of Chambers, Senior Clerks: Acceptance of Instructions: 29 July 2005
Criminal Fees – Latest Developments: 8 July 2005
Legal Aid - Letters From The Lord Chancellor: 5 and 9 July 2005
Part 1 – Letter of 5 July 2005
Part 2 – Letter of 9 July 2005
Letter to the Lord Chancellor - A Fairer Deal for Legal Aid: 7 July 2005
Letter To The Lord Chancellor: 1 July 2005
Letter To The Lord Chancellor Re Criminal Fees: 23 June 2005
To: Heads of Chambers, Senior Clerks, Circuit Leaders, Criminal Bar Association, Institute of Barristers’ Clerks: Criminal Fees And Practice: 26 May 2005
Letter To Heads of Chambers: Graduated Fees: Criminal Procedure Rules (CrPR): 30 March 2005
Part 1 – Criminal Procedure Rules Letter
Part 2 – Acceptance of Instructions in Criminal Cases
Criminal Procedure Rules - Implementation: 14 March 2005
Heads of Chambers, Chairmen of SBAs, Circuit Leaders, Members of the Bar Council: The Clementi Report - Consultation With The Profession: 25 February 2005
To: Heads of Chambers, Circuit Leaders, Criminal Bar Association: Graduated Fees - "Cracks" And "Guilties": Criminal Procedure Rules (CrPR): 14 February 2005
Part 1 – Graduated Fees – “Cracks” and “Guilties” Criminal Procedure Rules
Part 2 – Criminal Fees
Part 3 – Letter to Lord Chancellor
