Barristers
BSB to develop ‘professional statement’
The Bar Standards Board is to launch a ‘professional statement’ which, like the ‘competence statement’ being developed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, will attempt to describe the knowledge and skills barristers should possess at the point of qualification.
CBA campaign for level playing field “not a cry for war” with solicitor-advocates
A new Criminal Bar Association campaign to ensure that barristers and higher court advocates compete on a “level playing-field” does not amount to a “cry for war”, its chairman has said.
Barristers urged to grab litigation opportunities after “modest” beginning
Just 129 barristers have so far taken up the opportunity to conduct litigation since the restriction was removed in January, it has emerged, but one of the first to do it has described the move as “a real opportunity for the Bar”.
Bar Standards Board left with £100,000 bill after QASA costs ruling
The Bar Standards Board is facing a bill for over £100,000 after the Court of Appeal ruled that there was no need for it to be separately represented at the hearing of a judicial review against the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates.
BSB to “consider future” of Bar Professional Training Course
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) launched its ‘future Bar training’ programme this morning, which includes “considering the future of the Bar Professional Training Course” (BPTC).
BSB uncovers chambers with financial problems and tells them to prepare “emergency plans”
The Bar Standards Board has told three chambers with financial problems to “prepare emergency plans” to minimise the impact on clients should they be forced to close.
Deech calls for full independence for legal regulators
The legal regulators should have full independence, and ‘approved regulator’ role of the Bar Council, Law Society and other professional bodies should be abolished, the chair of the Bar Standards Board argued yesterday.
BSB probes contracts between chambers and solicitors
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is investigating the extent to which barristers have been accepting work from solicitors without entering into contracts, or accepting terms “contrary to their regulatory obligations”.
Former barrister and judge wins disbarment appeal
Rabi Sukul, a former barrister accused of drafting false grounds of appeal for a young criminal client, has won the right to a fresh disciplinary tribunal hearing on whether or not he should have been disbarred.
Court of Appeal throws out QASA challenge
The Court of Appeal today comprehensively dismissed four criminal law barristers’ challenge to the Legal Services Board’s approval of the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates. With the Master of the Rolls, Lord Dyson, giving the lead judgment, the court found that the scheme is lawful.
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