The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published its latest annual report summarising its activities during the 2020-21 business year. During the period covered in this Report, the effects of the pandemic…
The Bar Council have now released their response to the Home Office’s consultation on Legislation to Counter State Threats. Serious shortcomings: The consultation’s failure to address how the measures will affect individuals with…
Responding to the Bar Standards Board’s new statistics on retention at the Bar, Chair of the Bar Council Derek Sweeting QC said: “This is an important report with findings that will help inform…
Commenting on the latest Government announcement on courts, Chair of the Bar Council, Derek Sweeting QC said: “Maintaining additional court space until next March is good news, but we need long-term investment, not…
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published new research on trends of retention and the changing profile of the Bar over the last 30 years. The report shows that, overall, retention…
Responding to today’s publication of the official Diversity of the Judiciary 2021 Statistics, Derek Sweeting QC, Chair of the Bar Council, said: “This data should help us to take action to…
The set is investing in a complete reorganisation of the chambers’ internal space to create a high quality new environment to support flexible working patterns and an increasing number of…
Hardwicke Chambers is proud to announce that from next month it will be operating as Gatehouse Chambers. During the course of 2020 and the Black Lives Matter protests following the…
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published the independent review of the August 2020 Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) exams. The review was commissioned by the BSB in November 2020…
The Bar Council, which represents all barristers in England and Wales, has responded to the Government’s consultation on its response to the recommendations made by the Independent Review of Administrative Law. The…
JOINT STATEMENT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE POST-PANDEMIC MAY 2021 Before the pandemic, the usual way in which hearings were conducted across all courts and tribunals was in person. In…
Tomorrow, we will welcome Nigel Rawding QC to Twenty Essex. After almost 40 years at international law firm Freshfields, he is retiring from the partnership and moving to Chambers as…
