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Articles tagged with: Barristers
Coronavirus
By Bar Council
Bar Council response to Government investment in courts
Responding to today’s announcement that the Ministry of Justice will invest millions in the courts system, Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar Council, said:
Home affairs
By Bar Council
"Concerns won't just disappear": Barristers back Treasury report on economic impact of coronavirus
Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar Council, has commented on today’s Treasury Committee report 'Economic Impact of Coronavirus: Gaps in Support',
Coronavirus
By Bar Council
Bar Council response to civil legal aid remuneration changes
The Bar Council have responded to the changes made through the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) SI laid today, which comes into force on 8 June 2020.
Warning to Chancellor of the Exchequer: Don’t turn your back on law and order Member content
Coronavirus
By Bar Council
Warning to Chancellor of the Exchequer: Don’t turn your back on law and order
The Bar Council is urging the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, to ensure the criminal justice system doesn’t collapse post-Covid-19 lockdown, by taking urgent measures to protect social order in the country.
Coronavirus
By Bar Council
Bar Council steps up to help 'essential worker' self-employed barristers get tested for Covid-19
The Bar Council, the representative body for all barristers in England and Wales, will help self-employed barristers showing Covid-19 symptoms to get tested under the Department of Health & Social Care employer referral testing scheme.
Delaying justice will leave us with no barristers to pick up the pieces Member content
Coronavirus
By Bar Council
Delaying justice will leave us with no barristers to pick up the pieces
Law and order must not go off into the long grass, the Bar Council has warned after releasing new findings from the barristers’ profession.
Coronavirus
By Bar Council
New research: Delaying justice will leave us with no barristers to pick up the pieces
Law and order must not go off into the long grass, the Bar Council has warned after releasing new findings from the barristers’ profession today.
Coronavirus
By Bar Council
Unrealistic" that police and CPS could continue as though Covid-19 doesn't exist, says Bar Council
We cannot afford as a society to shut down or put off justice until the pandemic disappears.”
Coronavirus
Bar Council urges Government to act over the Bar's Covid-19 financial fears
In the last few weeks, the Bar Council has been strongly urging the Government to introduce further targeted financial support to ensure the sustainability of the Bar particularly in light of Covid-19.
Coronavirus
By Bar Council
No cutting corners, say barristers
In response to the MoJ announcement this morning that a network of priority courts will remain open with court and tribunal work consolidated into fewer buildings, Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar, has responded.
Coronavirus
By Bar Council
Chancellor's financial package must match up, says Bar Council
The entire self-employed Bar, across all areas of practice, is working flat out to keep the justice system running during this unprecedented and uncertain time.
Coronavirus
By Bar Council
Covid-19 update to 'key worker' status in the justice system - Bar Council reaction
The Government has rightly acknowledged that the Bar and other legal practitioners are fundamental to the running of the justice system.
Coronavirus
By Bar Council
Barristers are key workers - Bar Council
Barristers have a vital role to play in making justice happen every day, says Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar Council.