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‘Juries have not caused this crisis’: Top lawyers and ex-judges plead for government to rethink plans to curb jury trials

Retired judges and a former director of public prosecutions are among those calling for the justice secretary to halt plans to scrap juries for some crimes

The Independent UK

Bar Council is wise to the risk of AI misuse

Letter: Responding to an article on fake case-law citations in court, Lawrence Akka KC writes that the public is entitled to the highest standards of integrity

The Guardian - UK

‘Venomous’ attacks on attorney general undermining rule of law, say UK lawyers

Letter to Guardian accuses Richard Hermer’s critics of damaging public trust in the legal system

The Guardian - UK

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Send first-time, low-level offenders to rehab instead of court, Bar Council says

Exclusive: Barristers also say offenders could pay compensation to victims, in effort to tackle court backlog

The Guardian - UK

‘Creative use of punishment’: Covid-style lockdowns proposed for criminals in England and Wales

Bar Council calls for pandemic restrictions to help reintegrate non-violent offenders into society and ease pressure on overcrowded jails

The Guardian - UK

End jury trial delays, say barristers in General Election challenge to fix criminal justice system

The Bar Council says £2.48bn in investment is needed to tackle the criminal justice crisis

Evening Standard

3-day orientation program for advocates at KLU from June 14

Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh hosts 3-day legal orientation program at KL Deemed University to enhance advocate skills. Apply by June 10.

The Hindu

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Bar council launches probe into lawyer’s agitation

The Hindu

Sue Chrysanthou to be reprimanded for representing Christian Porter in ABC defamation case despite conflict of interest

NSW Bar Council has resolved to reprimand barrister after finding she engaged in ‘unsatisfactory professional conduct’ after complaint by Jo Dyer

The Guardian - AU

Andhra Pradesh HC Chief Justice Mishra exhorts advocates to improve communication skills

He attended the inaugural session of a three-day residential orientation programme for advocates.

The Hindu

Melanie McFadyean obituary

Campaigning journalist and lecturer who won the Bar Council legal reporting award for her coverage of joint enterprise law

The Guardian - UK

Barristers’ email accounts accessed in homophobia investigation, says Victorian Bar Council

A notice purporting to be from council stating ‘white, male heterosexuals’ need not apply for a committee was posted in Melbourne law chambers

The Guardian - AU

Barrister needed umbrella in court to shield from leaking roof

A barrister needed an umbrella during a court hearing because of a leaking roof, it has been revealed, amid a major call for proper funding of the justice system.

Evening Standard

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar calls upon young lawyers to work with honesty and integrity

CHANDIGARH: Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday urged the young lawyers to work with honesty and integrity for the betterment of society.

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Woman becomes UK's first blind black barrister

Jess completed her entire course using Braille

Evening Standard

Who is the new Justice Secretary? Brandon Lewis urges barristers to get back to work

The Justice Secretary’s discussions with the Criminal Bar Association and the Bar Council over their industrial action are likely to continue

The Independent UK

Justice Secretary Lewis urges striking barristers to return to work

The new Justice Secretary Brandon Lewis said the first talks between lawyers and the Government were ‘constructive’ and discussions would continue.

The Hindu

Seven Bar Council members have a criminal background, advocate tells HC

Judges record submission in interim order, decide to hear him at length on September 28

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The Independent UK

Leading barristers become King’s Counsel instead of Queen’s Counsel

Bar Council chairman Mark Fenhalls used the KC initials in a statement issued after the Queen’s death.

Wales Online

Domestic abusers barred from cross-examining victims in family and civil courts

Government announces changes following concerns that perpetrators were using court process to carry out further abuse

The Independent UK

Malaysia lawyers protest probe of judge who convicted ex-PM

Hundreds of Malaysian lawyers have staged a protest to condemn the anti-graft agency’s probe of a senior judge who convicted former Prime Minister Najib Razak of corruption

Nottingham Post

First migrant flight to Rwanda postponed as European Court of Human Rights steps in

Earlier, Boris Johnson suggested lawyers representing migrants were “abetting the work of criminal gangs”

The Hindu

Add value to profession, HC judge tells lawyers

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French barrister fights for right to wear her hijab in court

French lawyer Sarah Asmeta wears a hijab at work but that means she is banned by her local Bar Council from representing clients in the courtroom.

Evening Standard

Black barrister says culturally insensitive wigs should be banned

‘To have them in the 21st century is nonsense,’ Leslie Thomas said

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