Chair of our Young Barristers' Committee Amelia Clegg reflects on the 2026 Anglo-Dutch Exchange, which this year celebrated its 60th anniversary. For the last six decades, the exchange has been an opportunity not only to compare legal systems but build relationships, share ideas and remember that, despite practising in different jurisdictions, we face many of the same opportunities and challenges.
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The Bar Council has welcomed the new Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice the Rt Hon Alex Norris MP and the new Attorney General the Rt Hon Ellie Reeves KC MP, and set out its priorities.
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Victoria Waiba is a Year 12 student at Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate. Victoria applied to the Bar Placement Scheme to further her understanding of both the mentality and practical day to day work involved in becoming a barrister.
Responding to the Justice Select Committee's new report on access to justice and legal aid, the Bar Council has said it underlines how decades of underfunding have resulted in jeopardising both access to justice and justice itself.