By Christina Courquin, Barrister, Mountford Chambers Abuse of Match Officials has been a rising problem for a number of years. Two high-profile rugby officials, Wayne Barnes and Tom Foley, stepped away from the sport following abuse on social media. Mr Barnes announced his retirement following his appearance at the World Cup final last year. He received numerous death threats and warnings, including threats to burn down his house and threats that his wife and children would be killed. Mr Foley...

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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