Q&A: New IBA president Rivkin talks protecting legal privilege and tackling judicial corruption Legal Business Debevoise & Plimpton co-head of arbitration David Rivkin has set himself up for a busy two years as the president…
A public inquiry: Fieldfisher’s Smith serves as lead counsel as Litvinenko inquiry starts Legal Business A public inquiry into the London death of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has opened at the High Court this morning…
Taking Silk: 93 appointed QC but level of female applicants remains ‘stubbornly low’ Legal Business The appointment of 93 new Queen’s Counsel (QC) has been announced this morning (14 January), with the number of females…
Broadening ‘the public’s choice’: Bar Standards Board to regulate businesses from 2015 Sarah Downey The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has received approval from the Legal Services Board (LSB) for its application to regulate businesses…
Significant departures: BLP and Olswang heads of arbitration both leave for the bar Tom Moore Nicholas Fletcher QC, who has led Berwin Leighton Paisner‘s international arbitration practice for the last five years, has resigned from…
BSB enforcement report shows improvements with disciplinary action doubling as body appoints new board members Sarah Downey With the Bar having long been slower to change in a post-Legal Services Act environment compared to its solicitor counterpart,…
The Bar: BSB picks Sir Andrew Burns as new lay chair Legal Business The Bar Standards Board has selected Sir Andrew Burns as its next chair with Baroness Ruth Deech QC due to…
Guest post: A profession not at ease with itself or the world? The Bar’s working life survey Legal Business I took a little time to browse the Bar’s working life survey. It’s a large survey. Although it’s not immediately…
Bar and MoJ end fee impasse over high value legal aid fraud cases with further talks underway Legal Business Leaders at the Bar have agreed an interim deal with the Ministry of Justice to end the fee impasse that…
Guest post: public access to the Bar – more sideshow than shifting paradigms Legal Business Recent headlines seem to suggest that the Bar is gearing up to ‘bypass’ solicitors and embark upon an all-out war with…
The Bar: 20 Essex Street announces new joint heads of chambers Sarah Downey Leading commercial litigation set 20 Essex Street has today (18 June) announced the appointment of Christopher Hancock QC and Duncan Matthews…
The Bar 1-0 MoJ: Crown court halts serious fraud trial over lack of representation Legal Business In an embarrassing setback for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in its long running dispute over legal aid with the…
Anger as the Bar prepares to vote on legal aid deal and QASA appeals continue Legal Business High emotion and anger over the Criminal Bar Association’s (CBA) decision to strike a deal with the Government on legal…
Former Shell legal head Rees joins Thirty Nine Essex Street David Stevenson With the global arbitration market currently powered by a string of high stakes energy disputes, Thirty Nine Essex Street Chambers looks…
Bar news: Blackstone bolsters commercial litigation capability with hire of Brick Court’s Alan Maclean QC Sarah Downey Leading set Blackstone Chambers has taken further steps to bolster its commercial litigation and arbitration capability with the hire of heavyweight…
Return to form for Queen’s Counsel as 100 advocates take silk Legal Business Latest QC promotions round the largest in three years In stark contrast with the recent decline in the number of…
Return to form for Queen’s Counsel as 100 barristers take silk Legal Business In stark contrast with the recent decline in the number of Queen’s Counsel (QC) appointments, the latest round announced today (19…
Former Paul Hastings litigator disbarred following Bar Standards Board appeal Legal Business A former Paul Hastings consultant and barrister has been disbarred after it emerged that he had lied about his education…
Closer scrutiny for the Bar as BSB introduces tougher supervision measures Legal Business Undeterred by the Bar’s reaction to its recent grading scheme for criminal advocates, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) today (5…
The Bar: Bloch QC exits Wilberforce for Blackstone as Lord Hope joins Brick Court Sarah Downey Just weeks after Wilberforce Chambers’ longstanding chief executive and senior clerk Declan Redmond announced he is leaving for Keating Chambers,…
