News and press releases

15 September 2016 - Chairman of the Bar, Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC, commented on today’s Joint Statement from the Ministry of Justice, Lord Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals, Transforming our Justice System

14 September 2016 - Sir Ernest Ryder, Senior President of Tribunals, Caroline Wilson, Former British Consul-General to Hong Kong and Macao, and the President of the Malaysian Bar and Chairman of the Bar Council in Malaysia, Steven Thiru, have been announced as the keynote speakers for the 31st Annual Bar & Young Bar Conference on 15 October 2016 in London.

7 September 2016 - Court of Appeal taking a ‘strict line’ over failure to check appeal grounds

1 September 2016 - Annual elections for the Bar Council will take place this autumn and successful candidates will join from 1 January 2017 for a three-year term

25 August 2016 - The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Bar of England and Wales will be held at 11.00 on Saturday 17 September 2016

23 August 2016 - Court fee increases of more than 600 per cent already beginning to bite

16 August 2016 - The Bar Council and Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales have issued a joint statement today, voicing concern over the abduction of Mir Ahmed Bin Quasem, a lawyer in Bangladesh.

11 August 2016 - The Bar Council's 2016 Legal Reporting Awards competition is now open. Journalists are invited to submit written articles and broadcast pieces on public interest law and justice issues.