Bar Council comments on crime and family court statistics
It is disappointing that there is still no progress made on reducing the backlog in the Crown Court, said Sam Townend KC.
Guest blog: Lord Dyson - Justice: Continuity and change
Former Master of the Rolls, Lord Dyson, guest blogs for the Bar Council on the range of topics covered in his new book Justice: Continuity and Change, a selection of the many lectures and speeches he gave during his career as a judge.
Winners at the inaugural Bar Council Employed Barristers’ Awards announced
Top lawyers head to Tower of London for awards night
Immigration Detention - Barrister wins unlawful detention claim acting pro bono
Ousman Noor, barrister and founder of the Habeas Corpus Project, has successfully represented an immigration detainee in a judicial review at which his client was found to have been detained unlawfully for 8 months.
A tower of talent to be recognised at the Tower of London
Nominations open for first ever Employed Bar Awards
Many would leave family legal aid ‘in a heartbeat’ – new Bar Council report
Researchers spoke to 100 family barristers and found that many want to leave publicly funded family work as fees are worth about half their 1996 value.
Andrew Walker QC becomes Chair of the Bar
New Chair to lead the Bar Council in 2018
Bar Council extends a hand of support to colleagues across the Atlantic
For this year's Day of the Endangered Lawyer the country focus is threats to the profession in the United States