By Gavin McLeod who practices in traditional Chancery and property litigation from St. Philip’s Chambers Undue influence is a concept much recalled from law school, usually in the context of spouses standing as sureties. It is also commonly thought of when questions arise as to disputed transactions. For it is a regular contention of disappointed lay clients that unexpected or unwelcome generosity in favour of someone else had some form of nefarious origin. The allegation would then be that the...

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has launched a consultation on the regulation of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) at the Bar, including proposals to: amend Core Duty 8 from the duty not to discriminate unlawfully to a duty to advance equality, diversity and inclusion move to outcomes-based regulation of equality rules The Bar Council will be submitting a detailed response to the consultation and making this available to the Bar to support individual and organisational submissions. Commenting, Sam Townend KC, Chair of the Bar Council, said: “The Bar Council is deeply committed to supporting and improving equality, diversity and inclusion at the Bar. While much progress has been made – thanks to the work...

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