Chair's Column

If we want to raise the value and funding of justice, more barristers talking directly to the public is key, argues Andrew Walker QC  

Protecting endangered lawyers and the rule of law: Andrew Walker QC underlines the growing concerns and global initiatives  

What are the consequences for the rule of law, judicial independence and court reform, asks Andrew Walker QC  

Clarke 28; Grayling 32; Gove 14; Truss 11; Lidington 7. 

QASA is dead, long live excellence. Time to fill the gap and control our own standards, writes Andrew Walker QC  

Down with overnight emails and judicial micromanagement, let’s give our brilliant young advocates a chance, writes Andrew Langdon QC in his final column for Counsel  

So, three things: emails and work/life balance; death by case management; and the future of the profession. 

Upper or lower case, if we want our legal services to be truly great we must invest in serving our citizens in their greatest need, argues Andrew Langdon QC  

Between 2006 and 2016, the amount spent by our government on legal aid fell from £2.4bn to £1.6bn.  

We have much to lose, both as a profession and society, if face-to-face court contact is lost and replaced by a second-best form of remote justice, warns Andrew Langdon QC  

Officious and objectionable Ministry speak betrays an unacceptable misunderstanding of the purpose of administration of justice and should be resisted, argues Andrew Langdon QC  

At some point in recent history, I’m not sure when, the language used to describe people who go to court changed.  

‘No Deal’ is looking ‘No Good’ for lawyers and their clients. Rival jurisdictions are jostling for position. It’s high time the government heeded repeated legal advice, argues Bar Chair  

The Bar Council adopted a neutral position during last year’s EU referendum campaign, although in the public interest and in order to try to inform debate we published succinct and accessible papers on the legal consequences of exiting the EU. 

The alarming practice of ‘deport first, appeal later’ has been arrested by the Supreme Court, but the Bar must keep ‘yard rat’ rule-of-law breaches under its eagle-eyed watch