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Judge puts guffawing counsel firmly in his place
Barristers are generally adept at remaining statuesque while their opponents put forward their case, though it was not unheard of for an eye-roll or two to creep in during remote hearings in lockdown. But a judgment emerging from Ontario, Canada, suggests that not every advocate has quite managed the poker ...
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MoJ ends costs incentive to settle cases on eve of trial
Claimants can recover 75% of advocacy fees up to five days before aborted trials.
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Only one solicitor makes KC grade
KC Selection Panel announces 95 new silks ‘from a diverse range of backgrounds’.
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Judges 'encourage' parties to let junior counsel speak in court
Parties will be asked whether a speaking role has been considered for junior advocates.
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CILEx regulator urged to obtain greater advocacy powers
Legal executives want to become Crown prosecutors without having to cross-qualify as solicitors.
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First KC round for 70 years - just one solicitor makes the grade
Nine legal figures become honorary KCs - including professor Richard Susskind - as 2022 silk round is announced.
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High Court refuses to grant disbarred barrister rights of audience
Mr Justice Fordham says permission would have risked bypassing regulatory protections.
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Defendants could be released before trial if legal aid dispute continues – High Court
Court says absence of barristers by end of November ‘unlikely’ to be sufficient reason for extending CTL.
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Raab made 'direct request' for striking barristers' names, CBA claims
The MoJ says it is ‘categorically untrue’ that names were requested by Raab or department.
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LAA declines to disclose back-up advocacy numbers for 'no returns'
Several solicitors have publicly declared they will not be helping Legal Aid Agency to undermine criminal bar's action.
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Barrister fined for ‘mimicking and mocking’ opposing counsel
Doughty Street Chambers practitioner called in 1995 ‘repeatedly made reference to her seniority’, tribunal finds.
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Criminal barristers welcome remote hearings guidance
Lord chief justice says Crown court hearings should be remote ‘where it is lawful and in the interests of justice to do so’.
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Let juniors conduct more advocacy, Commercial Court says
The Commercial Court ‘encourages oral advocacy to be undertaken by junior advocates’, it says in its latest guide.
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One in six young barristers want to quit, representative body suggests
Bar Council says workloads need to be more manageable to ‘avoid burn-out and the loss of young barristers from the profession’.
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Hearing paused after barristers spoke too quickly
Judge considers sanctions after bundles submitted 'without restraint or constraint'.
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‘We’re freezing!’ Lawyers grumble as courts heating packs up
Solicitors and court staff are having to wear coats and gloves indoors as temperatures plunge.
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Burnett: Lawyers like remote hearings so they can do more
Lord chief justice indicates that some advocates want remote hearings even if they are not in the interests of justice.
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SRA to look again at advocacy standards
New business plan also includes plans for continuing competency and a further AML crackdown.
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Unfair proceedings ruling over advocate ‘with soft voice and hand in pocket’
Court rules that magistrates’ court hearing was not fair to claimant who was 20ft away from bench.