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November 30th, 2016
“I think I may be one of the youngest people to have been called to the Bar, six months after my 21st birthday.” So says Christopher Ferguson, some 37 years later, as he reflects on his career as a barrister, now exclusively practising family law. ... read more
November 28th, 2016
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has asked an employment tribunal to hear an unfair dismissal claim being brought by a former employee of Barclays Bank to be heard in private, according to an article in The Guardian. ... read more
November 22nd, 2016
A teaching assistant who was dismissed from her job for objecting to young children being shown graphic footage of the 9/11 attacks has turned down a compensation offer from the school and has resolved to fight the case in court, according to an article in The Guardian. ... read more
November 16th, 2016
Bar Council issues training programme for barristers on questioning of vulnerable witnesses in court
The Bar Council is one of a number of legal bodies that has collaborated to produce new guidelines on the cross-questioning of vulnerable witnesses in court. ... read more
November 15th, 2016
On 3rd November 2016 the High Court ruled that it is Parliament that must decide when to trigger TEU Article 50 for the UK to withdraw from the European Union and not the Government using the royal prerogative. The case has inevitably attracted a great deal of comment some of it well informed and... ... read more
November 10th, 2016
New figures published by the TUC today show that the number of working people challenging discrimination or unfair treatment at work has fallen by 9,000 a month since charges of up to £1,200 to mount a claim before the employment tribunal came in. ... read more
November 7th, 2016
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A litigant in person has been told that his committal application against a private client lawyer was “a farrago of nonsense” and has been ordered to pay costs. The judge, Munby J, said Desmond Fitzgerald’s allegations against Frances Hughes, a partner at Hughes Fowler Carruthers, were “scurrilous...
posted on August 30th, 2016
At least four in five potential claimants with an employee-related case are being deterred from taking their claim to an employment tribunal by the level of fee they would face. This is according to Citizens Advice, which provides free advice to its users, which polled 361 of its clients.
posted on January 9th, 2015
The Bar Council’s Jess Campbell has been announced as the new chief executive of the Bar Pro Bono Unit (BPBU). She replaces outgoing chief executive, Rebecca Wilkie.
posted on May 25th, 2015