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Bar Council warns of threat to judiciary from lack of diversity among QCs
The senior judiciary “may not reflect the communities it seeks to serve” because of a lack of ethnic minority and female QCs, the Bar Council has warned. The success rate of ethnic minority barristers fell to 28% this year.
MoJ costs plans would “deter legitimate environmental challenges”, Bar Council warns
Plans by the Ministry of Justice to rewrite the costs rules for environmental judicial reviews in favour of defendants have been strongly criticised by the Bar Council, which said the ministry recognised that they could have a “stifling effect”.
CJC and Bar Council condemn plans for second wave of court fee rises
The Civil Justice Council (CJC) and Bar Council have condemned government plans for a second wave of court fee rises. The CJC said the latest plans would have a “particularly adverse effect on lower value claimants”.
Professional bodies write to MPs in final bid to protect judicial review
The Law Society, Bar Council and Chartered Institute of Legal Executives have written to MPs in a final push to protect judicial review, as the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill enters its “ping pong” stage in parliament next week.
Legal bodies unite in call for peers to oppose changes to judicial review costs
The Bar Council, the Law Society and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) have called on peers to oppose curbs on judicial review set out in part 4 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill.
City lawyers scorn government contract sanctions plan
City solicitors have joined outspoken criticism of government proposals to make commercial deals with rogue states unenforceable in UK courts, arguing it will simply move overseas disputes to courts other than in London.
Bar Council working party calls for end to witness statements in Rolls Building litigation
The involvement of solicitors and barristers in crafting witness statements in big-ticket litigation has neutered the current regime and it should be replaced by a system of witness summaries and live evidence-in-chief, a Bar Council working party has recommended.
Bar seeks “low fixed-fee” role in portal and fast-track cases
The Ministry of Justice is storing up even more trouble in portal and fast-track cases by cutting out barristers, the Bar Council and Personal Injuries Bar Association have said. The pair argued that instead of abolishing the disbursement basis for paying the Bar, it should introduce a low fixed-fee system.
Bar Council and economists call on government to support contingent legal aid fund
A contingent legal aid fund (CLAF) has merit but its viability cannot be assessed until the Jackson reforms settle down, a Bar Council-commissioned report has concluded. Consultants Europe Economics, backed by the Bar Council, called on the government to back the concept.
