News and press releases

Bar Council, IBC and LPMA to back the Bar on new data protection regime

24 August 2017 - GDPR Readiness campaign to launch
Bar Council response to government post-Brexit civil judicial cooperation paper

23 August 2017 - Bar Council responds to Providing a cross-border civil judicial cooperation framework. A Future Partnership Paper
10 things the Bar Council did in July 2017

7 August 2017 - What is it the Bar Council does? Here's a glimpse of just some of the work we have done in July 2017.
Flexible Court Hours pilot: Bar Chair's reply to Lord Justice Fulford

7 August 2017 - Chair of the Bar, Andrew Langdon QC, steps in over Flexible Court Operating Hours pilot
Bar Council responds to Lord Justice Jackson’s FRC proposals

31 July 2017 - Civil litigation costs review
Bar Council responds to Supreme Court decision on employment tribunal fees

26 July 2017 - Supreme Court decision welcomed
Bar Council applauds appointment of first woman President of Supreme Court

21 July 2017 - The Bar Council has welcomed the appointment of Baroness Hale as the new President of the Supreme Court.
Hand-picking judges threatens Polish constitution

21 July 2017 - The Chair of the Bar Andrew Langdon QC has written to the President of Poland calling on him to veto legislation that threatens to undermine the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law.