All The Bar articles – Page 31
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NewsBarrister who dodged more than £270,000 in tax disbarred
Michael Roberts was previously jailed for failing to declare earnings or pay tax.
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NewsBarrister disbarred for attacking Jews and ‘blacks’ on Twitter
Ian Millard posted string of ‘seriously offensive’ tweets.
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NewsThe bar: ‘change or get left behind’
The young bar is debt-ridden and stressed out while senior barristers are nervously contemplating digital justice.
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NewsBar watchdog cool on competing for ABS business
BSB receiving ‘daily’ enquiries about alternative business structures.
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NewsBriggs: ‘sky’s the limit’ for online court claims
Architect of court reform says £25k threshold could go higher.
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NewsBar Conference – embrace digital justice, tribunals president urges
Sir Ernest Ryder says the justice system is undergoing its biggest overhaul since 1870s - but denies austerity is the driver.
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News'Culture of attacks’ on solicitor advocates
Some judges still have two-tier mindset, SAHCA chair says.
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NewsTobacco smuggling barrister disbarred
Mohammed Shafee Shaikh attempted to smuggle more than a tonne of shisha tobacco into the UK.
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NewsDigitisation only half the battle, says bar's next chair
Andrew Langdon says case must be made for further reform of justice system and stresses 'close cooperation' with Law Society.
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NewsOuter Temple Chambers hires solicitor after entity approval
New setup will help manage international queries.
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NewsBar Council head backs Truss call for greater diversity
Chantal-Aimee Doerries says justice system should ‘reflect society at large’.
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NewsBSB proposes training shake-up, including plans for new exam
New approach will be more ‘flexible and affordable’, regulator says.
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News'Solicitor' warned over ‘meritless’ claim against two barristers
High Court judge refuses permission to refer barristers to bar regulator.
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NewsLawyers can’t be compared to sewage workers, says Bar Council head
Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC critical of Legal Services Board proposals for single regulator of the legal sector.
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NewsUse correct grammar, BSB tells newly qualified barristers
Recommendation comes in revised version of competences for practitioners.
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NewsProfession expresses concern over online courts plan
Going to court is not the same as shopping, says Law Society president.
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NewsTop-tier barristers set creates BSB entity
6 Pump Court originally designed entity to focus on criminal legal aid work.
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NewsBar Council pours cold water on pricing transparency
Competition watchdog proposals to disclose more information about price and quality ‘not practical’.
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NewsCriminal appeals warning for barristers
Barristers who are not trial counsel have been told to seek both the advice of legal representatives and ‘objective, independent evidence’.