Meet Dame Maria Miller - your new Commissioner for Conduct
In January 2025, Dame Maria Miller DBE became the Bar's first Commissioner for Conduct, following an independent review into bullying, harassment and sexual harassment at the Bar. In this Q&A blog, she shares her experience, what she hopes to achieve and what she thinks the challenges will be.
Beyond facilitation: when is evaluation appropriate in dispute resolution?
While barristers should acknowledge that mediation practice can be demanding, its expanding role within legal practice is increasingly clear
Law reform driven by understanding computers
Professor Thimbleby calls for a new regulatory system for computers
Bar Council 2025 Recap
Your Bar Council 2025 Recap is here...
Making work pay: why it’s important to monitor earnings by sex at the self-employed Bar
An exploration of how and why the Bar Council has used earnings data over the past decade to support the self-employed Bar
How Bar Council achieved the ISO 14001 environmental accreditation
"..the small things add up: reducing waste, tightening up processes, and increasing awareness all lead to cost savings and a lower environmental impact."