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Cracking the whip
Tuesday, 24 July 2012It has been gratifying that both the national and legal media have at last caught up with the series of revelations that Legal Futures has been reporting on since March over problems with the Bar’s disciplinary regime. Last week, suddenly, it featured on the Today programme, as well as in The Times, which in turn woke up some legal rags to what has been happening.
Tags: bar standards board, COIC, Council of the Inns of Court, Legal Services Board, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority
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BSB hits back at Today programme attack on barrister disciplinary system
Wednesday, 18 July 2012The Bar Standards Board has hit back at criticism on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme of the way in which it conducts disciplinary proceedings against barristers, with claims of “secrecy, incompetence and maladministration”.
Tags: bar standards board, COIC, Council of the Inns of Court
Posted in Barristers, Latest news
BSB defeats challenge to validity of disciplinary tribunal panel
Friday, 13 July 2012The Bar Standards Board has successfully defended a challenge to the validity of a disciplinary tribunal, in the first case to be argued over flaws in the system of reappointing tribunal members.
Tags: bar standards board, COIC, Council of the Inns of Court
Posted in Barristers, Latest news
Revealed: new “bias” concern ramps up Bar disciplinary controversy
Monday, 18 June 2012The controversy brewing over faulty appointments to Bar disciplinary panels – and the impact this could have on the decisions they took over recent years – has taken a new turn, Legal Futures can reveal.
Tags: bar standards board, COIC, Council of the Inns of Court, Visitors to the Inns of Court
Posted in Barristers, Latest news
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Keeping the conversation going beyond Pride Month
As I reflect on all the celebrations of Pride Month 2024, I ask myself why there remains hesitancy amongst LGBTQ+ staff members about when it comes to being open about their identity in the workplace.
Third-party managed accounts: Your key questions answered
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has given strong indications that it is headed towards greater restrictions on law firms when it comes to handling client money.
Understanding vicarious trauma in the legal workplace
Vicarious trauma can happen to anyone who works with clients who have experienced trauma such as domestic or other violence, child abuse, sexual assault, torture or being a refugee.
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