News and press releases

16 August 2019 - Notice of the 2019 Annual General Meeting of the Bar of England & Wales

13 August 2019 - Treasury to give Crown Prosecution Service £85 million over two years

8 August 2019 - Barristers to ditch paper ballots for Bar Council vote

17 July 2019 - As work progresses on the review of Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) fees, it is important that all members of the criminal Bar who undertake prosecution work are given the opportunity to engage and contribute to this work. To enable this, a number of reference groups will be established that will meet to discuss the key outputs of the review and gain feedback.

12 July 2019 - Bar Council responds to Judicial Diversity Statistics 2019

11 July 2019 - The Bar Council's work over the last 125 years

10 July 2019 - City of London Corporation and Bar Council celebrate 100 years of women in law and 125 years of the Bar Council

20 June 2019 - On Thursday 20 June 2019, the Law Society of England and Wales, the Bar Council of England and Wales and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) will join together to launch a Women in Law Pledge at the Law Society's international symposium on gender equality.