Economic Crime Bill may confuse the role of lawyers, says Bar Council
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill would create a new regulatory objective under the Legal Services Act.
Bar Council response to government post-Brexit civil judicial cooperation paper
Bar Council responds to Providing a cross-border civil judicial cooperation framework. A Future Partnership Paper
Our Al-Nashiri amicus: restating the absolute prohibition on torture-tainted evidence in legal proceedings
Stefanos Arvanitakis provides an insight into the work conducted to restate the absolute prohibition on torture-tainted evidence.
Bar Brexit Chair warns against 'reinventing' CJEU
The British tax-payer should not be asked to foot the Bill to set up an alternative to the CJEU unless there are tangible benefits to the quality of justice, a Bar Council Brexit expert has told Peers as he warned against “reinventing the wheel”.
Statement of the Bar Council on the latest attacks on the independence of the judiciary in Poland
The Bar Council expresses its grave concern at the latest legislative measure by the Polish parliament, passed on 23 January 2020, which interferes, once more, with the independence of the judiciary, a principle which is internationally recognised.
10 things the Bar Council did in July 2017
What is it the Bar Council does? Here's a glimpse of just some of the work we have done in July 2017.
The Bar Council’s response to the Government’s Legal Aid announcement
Mark Fenhalls QC reacts to the changes announced to criminal legal aid.
Guest blog: Race discrimination – “The law is an incredibly powerful tool for holding bodies to account”
Jabeer Butt OBE, Chief Executive of the Race Equality Foundation, guest blogs for BarTalk on the importance of providing funding for legal challenges in race discrimination, how it can drive every employer and public service to understand their responsibilities and the consequences for not following the law in relation to race, and how a new initiative has been established for legal practitioners to secure financial assistance for their clients in race discrimination cases.
Young Bar blog: Supporting the Young Bar During Covid-19: Part 3
Katherine Duncan and Joanne Kane, Chair and Vice-Chair respectively of the Bar Council's Young Barristers’ Committee (YBC)