BSB publishes Religion and Belief Toolkit
Following on from the launch of its Equality Strategy earlier in the year, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published a Religion and Belief toolkit. The toolkit has been developed by the…
Minimum pupillage award from 1 January 2022 announced
The Bar Standards Board has today announced that the rate for the minimum pupillage award, which will apply from 1 January 2023, will be £20,703 for 12-month pupillages in London and…
BSB publishes Annual Report and Cost Transparency Metrics for 2021-22
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published its latest annual report and cost transparency metrics. This report covers our activities between April 2021 and March 2022 During this period, COVID-19 continued to have an…
BSB appoints new lay Board member
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today announced the appointment of Gisela Abbam FRSA MBA as a new lay Board member. Gisela Abbam is a Senior Director for Government Affairs…
Bar Council engages Government on legal panels diversity
Government legal panels are lacking in diversity, says a new report published by the Bar Council today. The Bar Council – which represents all barristers in England and Wales – is…
Economic Crime Bill may confuse the role of lawyers, says Bar Council
Provisions in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (published today) to add a regulatory objective to the Legal Services Act 2007 (LSA) may be incompatible with barristers’ duties and…
BSB launches digital comparison tool pilot
The BSB today launches a 12-month digital comparison tool (DCT) pilot. DCTs allow consumers to locate and select service providers, using a range of criteria such as a location, ratings and…
Lack of Web Scraping Regulations Hurts Progress
Web scraping is something enigmatic in the public’s eye. It’s not entirely surprising - every innovative solution takes some time before it’s understood and accepted. Generally, widespread acceptance closely follows…
BSB publishes two new research reports on Bar vocational training providers’ equality and diversity policies and practices, and on students’ experiences on Bar training courses
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has published two new research reports, the first looking at Bar training providers’ approaches to equality and diversity and the second examining students’ experiences of…
Cryptoassets: A risk for asset concealment?
By Joe Ferguson, family law solicitor at JMW Solicitors, a top-100 law firm with a specialist digital assets offering for commercial and individual clients. Clients are often alive to the…
Law Commission proposals on Corporate Criminal Liability
On 10 June 2022, the Law Commission published an options paper for the Government on how it can improve the law to ensure that corporations are effectively held to account…
Money Laundering and Law Enforcement: The Options for UK Investigators
John Binns, partner in the financial crime team at BCL Solicitors LLP analyses the broad range of law enforcement powers available to tackle suspected money launderers, terrorist financiers and their…
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