All Advocacy articles – Page 3
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NewsMoJ goes on hiring spree to strengthen Public Defender Service
Retirements and advocates becoming judges have left a hole in the Legal Aid Agency department.
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LSB to monitor advocacy standards as QASA is finally killed off
Oversight regulator approves application to remove QASA from BSB handbook.
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NewsBar accused of double standards after top QC hits out at solicitor-advocates
Scotland’s Faculty of Advocates is seeking a review of internal instructions by law firms.
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OpinionQC status: time to cut the silk?
Arguments over the application and appointment process miss the big question.
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NewsSolicitors shouldn't go cap in hand to judges for QC status - Law Society
Chancery Lane and Bar Council respond to consultation on improving QC appointments process.
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News'Better in my day': judges' verdict on advocacy standards
Independent barristers perform better than solicitor advocates, according to judicial feedback.
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NewsQC loses appeal over 'offensive remarks' at sexual assault hearing
Howard Godfrey QC was appealing against bar tribunal decision handed down last year.
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NewsSolicitors must make 'proper efforts' to find an advocate - SRA
Regulator issues guidance in response to criminal barristers' boycott of new legal aid work.
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NewsSociety issues guidance to solicitors on bar boycott
The Law Society has said it will not be ‘surprising’ if solicitors also decline to undertake criminal work as a consequence of the bar boycott which began earlier this week. But Chancery Lane stresses that it is not calling for such action, as this could fall foul of competition law. ...
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News'Direct action' over cuts starts on Sunday, barristers announce
Around 90% of survey respondents voted in favour of boycotts, Criminal Bar Association reveals.
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NewsSolicitor 'more comfortable' at bar claims dual practice first
Peter Causton believes he is unique in holding simultaneous practising certificates in England and Wales.
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NewsBar chair: Separation remains for a reason
Andrew Walker QC says there are good reasons to reject fusion and alternative business structures - and warns of a dearth of juniors entering the profession.
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FeatureAdvocacy: On top of the brief
At the Gazette’s latest roundtable, advocates on both sides of the divide debated audience rights post-Brexit, the shortcomings of the CPS and a more ‘proportionate’ approach to litigation.
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NewsNames are revealed of five solicitors taking silk
Successful applicants among 119 new QC appointments announced today.
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NewsFive solicitors granted silk as names start to emerge
QC list for 2018 includes fives solicitors, Gazette understands.
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NewsQuality scheme for criminal advocates finally abandoned
Regulator announces demise of QASA after four years of controversy - but SRA chief suggests idea could be revived.
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NewsSupreme Court ruling on litigants in person could redraw CPR
The Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether litigants in person should be granted special dispensation in a case that could have far-reaching consequences. Former LiP Mark Barton took his appeal to the court last week, arguing he was ill-equipped to understand the Civil Procedure Rules. A successful appeal ...
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NewsLies and statistics: advocates get help with statistical evidence
Guide produced by Inns of Court College of Advocacy and Royal Statistical Society aims to help avoid miscarriages of justice.
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NewsFee scheme update on the way as criminal bar chair warns of 'crisis'
MoJ expected to respond to advocates graduated fee scheme consultation in the autumn.