All Advocacy articles – Page 8
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Crown advocates struggling – report
HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate said themes highlighted for improvement in a 2012 review remain.
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NewsSupreme Court agrees to hear QASA challenge
Decisions open another chapter in a long-running fight between regulators and advocates.
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NewsBSB explores alternatives to advocacy quality scheme
Regulator looks at other advocacy checks while uncertainty surrounds controversial QASA.
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NewsCab rank rule still a ‘cardinal principle’ – minister
Faulks accepts fees have fallen in real terms and remain ‘extremely modest’.
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OpinionRule 1: be nice to the usher
Law Society event hears some basic dos and don’ts for the courtroom.
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Bar accused of taking ‘cheap shots’ at solicitor-advocates
‘We shan’t pander to elitist notions that we are not able to bat for the first 11,’ says criminal solicitors leader.
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NewsCourt of Appeal throws out QASA challenge
Master of the rolls says the scheme does not undermine the independence of the advocate or the judiciary.
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NewsNumber of disbarred and suspended barristers soars
Nineteen barristers were disbarred in 2013/14, up from 13 the year before.
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NewsFamily courts unfair for litigants in person, MPs told
Family lawyers’ groups gave evidence to the Common’s Justice Committee on the impact of civil legal aid cuts.
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NewsSolicitor-advocate hits back at judge’s ‘Harry Potter’ criticism
Alan Blacker blames courtroom dressing-down on judicial attitudes to solicitor-advcocates.
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NewsYouth advocacy review established
Move follows a parliamentary report recommending that all lawyers representing children should be accredited to do so.
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NewsFamily system 'woefully behind' in treatment of vulnerable
Judicial working group recommends adapting criminal guidance to help family courts deal with vulnerable witnesses.
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News‘Arrogant’ barrister has contempt finding set aside
The Court of Appeal referred Ian West to the Bar Standards Board, saying his behaviour jeopardises the efficiency of the criminal justice system.
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NewsFormer diplomat to head bar’s regulator
Sir Andrew Burns will replace Lady Deech as chairman of the Bar Standards Board on 1 January.
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NewsMansfield: the victims’ choice
Campaigners for victims of historic child sexual abuse have called for barrister Michael Mansfield QC to lead inquiry.
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NewsCriminal bar takes QASA challenge to appeal court
Dinah Rose QC argues that the scheme will have a ‘chilling effect’ on advocacy.
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NewsPublicly funded bar facing post-LASPO exodus
Many family and civil legal aid barristers are ‘actively considering’ their futures, according to a Bar Council survey.
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NewsGrayling not giving up on regulatory reform
Lord chancellor tells justice committee that ‘quick fixes’ from the profession and regulators have not been forthcoming.