News and press releases

1 June 2017 - 2018 Bar Council line-up announced

26 May 2017 - “A culture shift is taking place at the Bar” Chair of the Bar Andrew Langdon QC has said in response to new rules that will enable self-employed barristers to benefit from equal parental leave entitlements provided by chambers, regardless of how their partners use theirs.

15 May 2017 - Barristers from England and Wales are meeting Polish advocates in Warsaw today (15 May) to exchange experiences in conducting cross-border criminal and family cases at an English-Polish Law Day.

12 May 2017 - Shortlist announced for inaugural Bar Council awards

8 May 2017 - The Bar Council's General Election 2017 Manifesto for Justice

7 May 2017 - New law education resource, The Lawyer Portal, gets Bar Council support

2 May 2017 - The Bar Council is inviting tenders for the publication and distribution of Counsel magazine, the official magazine for barristers in England & Wales.

1 May 2017 - What is it the Bar Council does? Here is a glimpse of just some of the work we did in April 2017