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All The Bar articles – Page 8
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NewsLaw charities report surge in struggling practitioners
A quarter of The Solicitors’ Charity’s emergency Covid fund has now been handed out to members of the profession.
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NewsUpskirting 'not a serious sexual offence' bar tribunal guidelines state
Disciplinary tribunal publishes reasons behind six-month suspension for upskirting barrister.
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NewsProfession condemns 'appalling' trolling of defence lawyer
Barrister who defended killer of seven-year-old Emily Jones was targeted online at the weekend.
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NewsCriminal barristers ‘will take action’ over Covid operating hours
Criminal Bar Association accuses HMCTS of breaching Equality Act 2010 over controversial court proposals.
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NewsBSB sets anti-racist action plan for chambers
Regulator publishes four ‘anti-racist actions’ for counsel to implement.
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NewsComplaints about barristers surge as focus shifts to private behaviour
Regulator received 15 cases alleging sexual harassment, which - along with bullying - is an area of ‘real concern’.
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NewsIBA 2020: Virtual reality provides 'immersive' sexual harassment training
International Bar Association announces latest move in campaign against harassment and bullying.
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NewsBar Council demands regional court investment ahead of spending review
Law and order in the Midlands and the North is ‘particularly weak’, says representative body.
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OpinionIBA conference poses a question about our future
Online version of annual conference proves that sessions and meetings can take place virtually at very low cost, with nearly the same benefit.
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NewsLammy demands answers over judicial race ‘anomalies’
Shadow justice secretary refuses to rule out judicial diversity quotas in speech to bar conference.
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NewsSecond part of legal aid review will begin this year, Buckland pledges
Lord chancellor says he wants to get chair of the criminal legal aid review ‘absolutely right’.
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NewsQuarter of black barristers feel race negatively impacts solicitor relationships
Survey by minority ethnic group suggests women reporting more negative experiences than men.
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NewsChambers hit by pandemic reinvents itself online
Charter Chambers, which formally closed in October, has rebranded as Crucible.
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News'Net cost of justice system is small' says LCJ in court funding plea
Courts must be able to work to full capacity, annual bar conference hears.
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NewsIBA 2020: Poor countries should take legal advice about Chinese investment
Belt and Road Initiative could expose countries to unsustainable debt and pollution, conference hears.
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NewsBSB spent £250k on faulty bar school exams
Regulator appoints independent reviewer to investigate assessment fiasco.
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NewsIBA 2020: Robots don black cap for lower court judges
Judges in lower courts could be phased out and replaced by computers, conference hears.
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NewsIBA 2020: Lawyers will become more like Uber drivers, panel predicts
Small firms will soon come under pressure from technology platforms in the gig economy, conference hears.
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NewsWhite male barristers earn more – even within same practice area
Female BAME barristers are the lowest earning group, according to research by the regulator.
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NewsBSB appoints reviewer to probe summer exam fiasco
Just three quarters of bar school assessments were successfully completed this summer.