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High-profile barrister charged over role in Chris Huhne points case
High-profile barrister and recorder Constance Briscoe has been charged with intending to pervert the course of justice. Briscoe, who was suspended from the judiciary last October pending a police investigation, now faces two charges of providing in...
12 Jun 2013 | 14:28 | 
Supreme Court hands down ruling in closely watched Prest divorce case
The Supreme Court has found in favour of a wife who sought assets held by her former husband's companies, in a landmark divorce case focusing on the question of whether assets can be tied up in spouses' companies. The case, Prest v Petrodel Resourc...
12 Jun 2013 | 11:13 |
Bar Council and BSB condemn MoJ's controversial legal aid reforms
The Bar Council and the Bar Standards Board (BSB) have warned that the Government's proposed legal aid reforms could do "irreparable damage" to the UK justice system and potentially destroy the criminal Bar, in their responses to the Ministry of Justi...
04 Jun 2013 | 00:00 |
Employment Tribunal rules in favour of law firms in key age discrimination case
The Employment Tribunal has rejected an age discrimination claim by lawyer Leslie Seldon against his former firm Clarkson Wright & Jakes (CWJ), which had initially seemed likely to threaten law firm's ability to enforce a compulsory retirement age for...
31 May 2013 | 11:53 |
Top QCs unite to criticise legal aid cuts and judicial review reforms
A group of around 90 QCs have united to publicly criticise proposals to limit legal aid for judicial review, claiming that such a move would "seriously undermine the rule of law". In a letter to The Daily Telegraph, signed by silks including former...
29 May 2013 | 17:06 |
MoJ denies plan for 'wholesale privatisation' of courts service
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has denied reports that it is considering a "wholesale privatisation" of the courts system as it weighs up propsals to cut costs and make the current system more efficient. A report in The Times today (28 May) suggests...
28 May 2013 | 14:23 |
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Bar Council appoints first chief executive in two years
The Bar Council has appointed Stephen Crowne as its new chief executive, filling the position which has been vacant for two years. Crowne, who will take up the post on 3 June, has been the senior director of global education at networking equipment co...
14 May 2013 | 12:41 |
Leveson counsel Jay among trio appointed to High Court Bench
Lead counsel to the Leveson Inquiry Robert Jay QC has been appointed a High Court Judge. Jay joins the Queen's Bench Division alongside two other new appointees Sue Carr QC and Judge Andrew Gilbart. Jay is replacing the retiring Mr Justice Roderick Ev...
09 May 2013 | 17:13 |
Judicial Appointments Committee kicks off selection process for new Lord Chief Justice
The Judicial Appointments Committee (JAC) has kicked off the selection process to appoint a new Lord Chief Justice (LCJ) following the retirement of Lord Judge this September. The JAC has set up a selection panel to oversee the interviews for the r...
08 May 2013 | 09:39 |
Court of Appeal rejects challenge in €52m Commerzbank bonuses case
The Court of Appeal has upheld a €52m (£44m) judgment handed down last year in a case involving 104 Commerzbank employees who argued they had been promised bonuses in 2008. Commerzbank was granted an appeal in November against the €52m award i...
26 Apr 2013 | 13:34 |
Resistance to criminal Bar reforms escalate as protests disrupt northern courts
The chairman of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has appealed to the public to back protests against Government reforms of criminal advocacy, following an all-day meeting of Northern Circuit barristers this week that led to disruption at courts in t...
26 Apr 2013 | 00:00 |
CPS begins search for new DPP as Starmer confirms end of tenure
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) director of public prosecutions (DPP) Keir Starmer QC is to step down from his role at the end of his five year term in October this year, it was announced today (24 April). The CPS said the search for a replacem...
24 Apr 2013 | 15:38 |
New litigation boutique recruits former Blackstone head Beazley QC as partner
Former Blackstone Chambers head Thomas Beazley QC has left the set to join newly launched litigation boutique Hage Aaronson as a partner. Beazley, who will make the move this month, will become head of international litigation and the eighth partne...
24 Apr 2013 | 11:32 |
Bar Council launches Bar nursery for children as young as eight weeks
The Bar Council has today (16 April) officially launched the Bar Nursery at Smithfield House, in a bid to support working parents and boost diversity in the profession. The nursery is the result of a campaign led by the Bar Nursery Association, whi...
16 Apr 2013 | 18:06 |
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Eversheds' former in-house advocacy head joins Devereux
Devereux Chambers has taken on the former head of Eversheds' in-house advocacy unit, barrister Tom Keith. Keith joins the commercial litigation practice at Devereux after seven years at Eversheds, which he joined in 2006 as a consultant from Founta...
16 Apr 2013 | 13:37 |
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