Exploring the complicated relationship between legal practitioners and the executive
Read more about, and watch, the online public meeting organised by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Legal and Constitutional Affairs.
This public evidence session focused on lawyers and the state - advice, rhetoric, and ethics.
About the event
The issue of lawyers, how they operate, how they remain ethical, and how they have come to be regarded by the Government, are all topics that have been discussed in parliamentary debates and in the media recently.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Legal and Constitutional Affairs (APPG) is supported and clerked by the Law Society and the Bar Council. They organised a public evidence session focused on lawyers and the state - advice, rhetoric, and ethics - and to look into the complicated relationship between legal practitioners and the executive.
Attendees
This meeting was open to all barristers to attend online.
Chair and speakers
The event was co-chaired by Laura Farris MP and Rt Hon Lord Hunt of Wirral, and was joined by:
- the Attorney General
- the Shadow Solicitor General
- representatives of the Law Society and the Bar Council
Watch the full meeting
