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08 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Latest court backlog figures: "depressing" for the British public and crime victims, says Bar Council

Responding to new government figures out today, which show the latest number of cases in the criminal courts backlog are actually increasing in the Crown Court, Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar Council, said:

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06 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Bar Council: Prime Minister's comments are "shocking and troubling"

Responding to comments made about lawyers by the Prime Minister today in his speech to the Conservative Party Conference, Chair of the Bar Council, Amanda Pinto QC, said:

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05 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Bar Council reaction to Home Secretary's asylum speech

Responding to the Home Secretary’s speech Fixing our broken asylum system which was delivered at the Conservative Party conference at the weekend, Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar Council, said:

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02 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Government paying junior barristers less than national minimum wage

Bar Council provides blueprint for justice system in Spending Review paper

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02 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Bar Council calls for commitment to zero tolerance on discrimination

New race-focused guidance launched in Black History Month

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23 Sep 2020 Home affairs

Bar Council’s annual conference enters new virtual reality

The line-up and programme for the Bar Council’s Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference 2020 has just been announced, entitled ‘Forward thinking: Bar of the Future’.

Covid-19 is creating new challenges for social mobility at the Bar

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15 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

Covid-19 is creating new challenges for social mobility at the Bar

This week, the Bar Council launch a new group of #IAmTheBar advocates and a Leadership Programme, to bring together work across the profession to shape the Bar of the future.

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08 Sep 2020 Home affairs

Bar Council responds to government criminal court recovery plan

Responding to HMCTS’ COVID-19: Update on the HMCTS response for criminal courts in England & Wales September 2020 published today, Chair of the Bar Council, Amanda Pinto QC, said:

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21 Aug 2020 Home affairs

Criminal legal aid support announced today “desperately needed and long overdue” says Bar Council

In response to the MoJ’s announcement this morning of money for the legal aid sector, Chair of the Bar Council, Amanda Pinto QC, said:

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03 Aug 2020 Home affairs

If Lord Chancellor fails, justice will regress, says Bar Council as new report released

Will the Government accept the reality of the parlous state of the justice system now that it is articulated by Sir Bob Neill MP and other eminent Parliamentarians?

03 Aug 2020 Coronavirus

Coronavirus: MPs warn of access-to-justice crisis as two-thirds of solicitors face going bust by autumn

MPs have warned that the effects of the coronavirus pandemic could leave many with “no access to real justice” as up to 5,000 legal firms face going bust.

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31 Jul 2020 Home affairs

Barristers respond to government announcement on judicial review

We take pride in our system of judicial review and caution against any unnecessary barrier to the public’s right to challenge their government.

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31 Jul 2020 Home affairs

Bar Council responds to the Justice Select Committee's report 'Coronavirus (Covid-19): The impact on courts'

It is essential that investment in robust, high-quality technology and in the wider justice system, is addressed with the urgency it needs.

New survey reveals justice system hanging by a thread with ‘diversity drain’ and loss of talent imminent

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29 Jul 2020 Coronavirus

New survey reveals justice system hanging by a thread with ‘diversity drain’ and loss of talent imminent

The Bar Council’s latest survey of the barristers’ profession has revealed the profound impact of Covid-19 on justice.

New report reveals England & Wales spends more on coffee than on law and order

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17 Jul 2020 Home affairs

New report reveals England & Wales spends more on coffee than on law and order

The true scale of Britain’s neglect of law and order has been revealed in a new report out today, which shows that the nation spends more on coffee each day than the Government spends on the justice system.

30 Jun 2020 Coronavirus

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:

15 Jun 2020 Home affairs

"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',

18 May 2020 Coronavirus

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

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12 May 2020 Coronavirus

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.

05 May 2020 Coronavirus

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

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28 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

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.

27 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

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.

15 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

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.”

03 Apr 2020 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.