Freshfields disputes veteran Terry heads to the Bar Jaishree Kalia Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer disputes veteran Ian Terry is leaving the Magic Circle firm after 38 years and heading to the…
Watchdog to raise bar on the Bar in toughened pre-vocational test Legal Business The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has stepped in to the long-simmering debate on costs and access to the profession to…
Bar Council releases guidelines for tackling sexual harassment after report highlights inappropriate behaviour Legal Business The Bar Council has released new guidelines for dealing with sexual harassment in a bid to help barristers handle mistreatment…
1COR tops QC appointments table as female applicants remain ‘stubbornly low’ Sarah Downey One Crown Office Row (1COR) saw six of its barristers take silk in this year’s round of Queen’s Counsel (QC)…
‘A common sense decision’: Bar Council moves Pupilage Gateway timetable Legal Business Following calls from students and chambers, the Bar Council is moving its Pupillage Gateway timetable so applicants know the outcome…
Best in class: One Crown Office Row tops QC appointments list with six members taking silk Legal Business Public and civil law set One Crown Office Row (1COR) has seen six of its junior barristers take silk in…
Taking silk: Quinn, Gibson and Freshfields heavyweights among new QCs in 107-strong round Legal Business A trio of City heavyweights has been appointed among 107 new Queen’s Counsel (QC) announced today (11 January), an increase…
Perspectives: Mark Howard QC Legal Business When I came to the Bar I didn’t know anybody, but fortunately got introduced to Tom Bingham and I was…
Calling time at the Bar – Quality fears for English judges are growing as top QCs turn away from the bench Legal Business Disillusionment within the England and Wales judiciary was laid bare by the findings of the UK Judicial Attitude Survey in…
Guest Post: Michael Gove – the barrister’s best friend? Legal Business Legal Futures has gained exclusive access to what is believed to be the transcript of a secret meeting held recently…
‘Every man for himself’: 11SB carved up as Wilberforce and Radcliffe pick up barristers Sarah Downey The demise of 11 Stone Buildings (11SB) has led to a feeding frenzy as rival chambers begin to swoop on…
Hardwicke Chambers and White & Case take barristers from soon-to-be-dissolved 11 Stone Buildings Sarah Downey Hardwicke Chambers is the latest to take members from soon-to-be-dissolved London commercial and chancery set 11 Stone Buildings (11SB), confirming…
Q&A: Sir Frank Berman KCMG QC on the Bar, the challenges of nature and London’s status as a disputes hub Legal Business Having attended Legal Business’s first International Arbitration Summit in September to debate issues on investor-state disputes, Sir Frank Berman KCMG QC…
Called to the bench: White & Case partner Ian Forrester QC made an EU judge Legal Business White & Case partner Ian Forrester QC has been appointed as the UK’s judge at the General Court of European…
‘Differing practice interests’: strategic tensions emerge as 11 Stone Buildings votes to dissolve Sarah Downey London commercial and chancery chambers 11 Stone Buildings (11SB) is set to dissolve on 30 October 2015.
Justice Eder returns to Essex Court after early retirement from the bench Legal Business Having taken early retirement from the bench in April after just four years of service, former High Court judge Sir…
Bar Council finds gender parity for barristers ‘unlikely to ever be achieved’ on current trends Legal Business The Bar Council has published two reports into gender diversity at the Bar highlighting challenges facing female barristers and finding…
‘The BSB needs to be unafraid to be radical’: Bar regulator looks to overhaul training Legal Business The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is looking to carry out the ‘most sweeping reforms to Bar training in a generation’…
Bar avoids advocacy fee cut as MoJ pushes on with further legal aid reductions against Law Society warning Legal Business The Bar is set to avoid further reductions in advocacy fees as the Ministry of Justice confirmed that it would…
Reassessments: Bar Standards Board asks QCA to look at re-accreditation for QCs Legal Business As the on-going dispute over its Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) rumbles on, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has…
