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Speeches

Speeches

The Bar Council represents the interest of the Bar of England and Wales and provides a voice for the public. Below you can find all speeches by the current and immediate past Chair of the Bar. 

Derek Sweeting QC, Chair of the Bar 2021 inaugural speech

  • 15 December 2020
  • Speech

Chair of the Young Bar, Katherine Duncan's speech to the 2020 Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference

  • 24 November 2020
  • Speech

Chair of the Bar, Amanda Pinto QC's speech to the 2020 Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference

  • 24 November 2020
  • Speech

Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar 2020 inaugural speech

  • 3 December 2019
  • Speech

Chair of the Bar, Richard Atkins QC's keynote speech to the Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference

  • 23 November 2019
  • Speech

Chair of the Bar, Richard Atkins QC's speech at the swearing-in of the new Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC MP

  • 30 July 2019
  • Speech

Chair-Elect of the Bar's speech to the Inaugural Meeting of the General Council of the Bar 2019

  • 3 December 2018
  • Speech

Chair of the Bar, Andrew Walker QC's speech to the Annual Bar & Young Bar Conference

  • 24 November 2018
  • Speech

Chair-Elect speech to the Inaugural Meeting of the General Council of the Bar 2018

  • 11 December 2017
  • Speech

Chair of the Bar's speech to Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference 2017

  • 4 November 2017
  • Speech

Incoming Chairman's inaugural speech to the Bar Council

  • 14 December 2016
  • Speech

Chairman of the Bar's speech to the Annual Bar & Young Bar Conference 2016

  • 15 October 2016
  • Speech

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