It’s been a busy week at Bar but not necessarily for the right reasons. While the Bar Council has appointed its first chief executive in two years, 39 Essex Street has announced it is to take a year out from recruiting pupils for following its merger with 4-5 Gray’s Inn last year. Meanwhile, controversial comments from Hardwicke Chambers’ Barbara Hewson have forced it to distance itself publicly from its own member.
Stephen Crowne will take the lead at the Bar Council on 3 June, filling the chief executive position that has been vacant for two years. Crowne comes from Cisco, where he has been senior director of global education for two years.
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