The Bar

Articles

23 Apr 2012

Business models might change, but excellence must endure

When operating in this new environment it will be essential to work out how we will maintain our values and ethics, says Michael Todd QC

23 Apr 2012

Are chambers embracing ABSs?

Chris Owen explains how ABSs can serve the Bar as other external pressures force a culture of change

10 Apr 2012

LSB feels the heat as barristers call for reduced role

Regulator has 'outlived original purpose' and 'bulk of objectives' already met

2 Apr 2012

Lawyers to be named and shamed before complaint resolved

Lawyers could be named and shamed even before a complaint against them has been decided under new proposals unveiled today by the Legal Ombudsman.

2 Apr 2012

LSB's role must be 'confined,' Bar chairman says

Michael Todd QC, chairman of the Bar Council, has called for the LSB's role to be “confined” to prevent it duplicating the role of other regulators. The move comes after the three first solicitor ABSs were licensed by the SRA last week.

19 Mar 2012

CPS must review advocacy strategy, inspector says

The Crown Prosecution Service must review its advocacy strategy, the CPS Inspectorate said in a report published last week.

13 Mar 2012

CPS must review advocacy strategy, inspector says

The Crown Prosecution Service must review its advocacy strategy, the CPS Inspectorate has said in a report published today.

5 Mar 2012

QASA, the levelling scheme

Another year, another disappointment for solicitor advocates as none of the applicants for silk made the grade.