News and press releases

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.

20 July 2017 - New figures on diversity in the judiciary published

18 July 2017 - What is it the Bar Council does? Here's a glimpse of just some of the work we have done in June 2017.

18 July 2017 - 79% of clients give barristers top marks

13 July 2017 - Legal practitioners will hear from leading experts on how to guard against cyber-attacks that threaten client confidentiality and learn how to negotiate the minefield of up-coming data protection rules, at this year’s Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference on Saturday 4 November.

13 July 2017 - "This repeal bill is the start of the mammoth task of transposing EU law on to the UK statute books," Chair of the Bar Andrew Langdon QC saidof the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, published today.

10 July 2017 - Andrew Langdon QC, Chair of the Bar, says HMCTS needs to think again on Flexible Court Hours plan

5 July 2017 - Commenting on Lord Neuberger's speech published yesterday, Chair of the Bar Andrew Langdon QC has said that a complete rethink on the availability and sufficiency of legal aid is needed in order to prevent excluding those who cannot afford its protection.