All The Bar articles – Page 45
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NewsHalf-day protest attracts hundreds of demonstrators
Lawyers take direct action over legal aid cuts.
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News£4.5m fraud case downgraded after bar refuses fee rates
A VHCC has been reclassified as a graduated fee case after barristers refused to work for the reduced VHCC fee.
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NewsCourts disrupted as lawyers protest over legal aid cuts
Criminal solicitors and barristers will stay out of court until 2pm.
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NewsBar ‘strike’ must not disrupt prosecutions, says DPP
DPP and LCJ issue note on the planned 6 January action by criminal barristers.
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NewsSuper-regulator calls for ‘fastest possible’ QASA start
The Legal Services Board calls for implementation of quality assurance scheme – even though the High Court has yet to rule on its lawfulness.
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NewsBar chair-elect renews call to scrap LSB
Frontline regulators including the SRA should be free to ‘get on with their job’.
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OpinionAdvocating change
Roundtable discussion reveals shift in attitudes towards solicitor-advocates.
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NewsCriminal barristers hit out at VHCC ‘blackleg’ list
A list of counsel circulated by the Legal Aid Agency was not intended to indicate that those named would work for the lower rates, the agency says.
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NewsQASA ruling not expected this term, says Leveson
Presiding judge did not expect 17 lever-arch files of paperwork.
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NewsCriminal bar names 6 January as 'strike' day
Criminal barristers will stay out of court in the morning of Monday 6 January.
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Judges urged to stay cases in VHCC protest
Sir Anthony Hooper says ‘the scene is set for challenges’.
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Criminal barristers warn of 'days of action'
Action could take place early in the new year in opposition to government’s legal aid cuts.
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OpinionABSs - the idea which won’t go away
The debate about alternative business structures has reached Ireland and Canada – and is set to continue to rage around the world.
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NewsSociety advice on barristers’ VHCC protest
The withdrawal of counsel over VHCC work should be treated like any other change of legal team.
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NewsRegulator amends rule to allow barristers to refuse fee cut
The ‘deeming’ provision of the cab rank rule will not apply to VHCCs following the Bar Standards Board’s statement.
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NewsBar Council rapped over cab rank changes
Legal Services Board says council failed to act in a way ‘compatible with the principle of regulatory independence’.
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NewsChancery Lane warning follows bar strike vote
The Society has warned that solicitors considering similar action are in a very different position to the bar.
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Criminal bar 'slowly being destroyed', says judge
HH Judge Woolman warns that dispensing justice could become 'impossible'.