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The Bar Standards Board publishes its 2022/23 Annual Report into Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published its annual report for the 2022/23 fiscal year, setting out the actions that we have taken to...

BSB announces minimum pupillage award from 1 January 2024

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today announced that the rate for the minimum pupillage award that will apply from 1 January 2024 will...

The Secret of Good Advocacy: Show Don’t Tell

By Alexander Chandler KC Barristers who sit part-time as judges gain several advantages: an insight into the workings of the court system, an understanding of...

The Bar Standards Board issues a consultation on the regulation of barristers in chambers

The BSB has today issued a consultation document seeking views on our regulatory expectations of chambers. This document reflects a series of roundtables with members of chambers and...

Exchange Chambers sees significant growth to the Family Team in Manchester

Exchange Chambers is delighted to announce the arrival of three new specialist family practitioners as part of its expansion of the family team in...

Kids, Court and Caffeine…How to survive having a baby at the Bar

By Sunyana Sharma, Barrister, 3 Paper Buildings As I start to write this article, my daughter sits behind me in her high chair throwing her...

BSB Publishes the Independent Decision-making Body Annual Report 2022/23

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published the latest Independent Decision-making Body Annual Report for the year ending 31 March 2023. This is the fourth Annual...

ESG Leases: Brave new world or false dawn?

Introduction The UK Government has set a target for decarbonising all sectors of the UK economy to reach Net Zero by 2050. That includes real...

Barristers support Black History Month with historic play

Barristers on the Northern Circuit are marking Black History Month by supporting a historic play at St George’s Hall in Liverpool. Just An Ordinary Lawyer is...

Louis Browne KC acts for Wrexham Borough Council under Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014

In an important local government case, Louis Browne KC from Exchange Chambers has acted for Wrexham Borough Council to recover non-payment of care home...

We are All Trudi Warner! Promoting the Rights of Jurors in the Twenty First Century

By Richard Vogler, Professor of Comparative Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, University of Sussex George Orwell noticed the tendency of repressive law to degenerate into...

Quincecare[1] duty does not require banks to second-guess customers’ clear instructions: Fiona Philipp v Barclays Bank UK PLC [2023] UKSC 25

Introduction In July 2023, the Supreme Court in Philipp v Barclays Bank UK PLC unanimously held that when a customer clearly authorises and instructs a...

Barrister Link Shortlisted for ‘Excellence in Innovation’ at East Midlands Chamber Business Awards

Barrister Link is delighted to announce its shortlisting for the prestigious 'Excellence in Innovation' award at the East Midlands Chamber Business Awards. This recognition...

AI the EU and US – Part 2-The Deep Fake

By Professor Mark Engelman, Barrister, 4-5 Gray's Inn Square One of the world’s all-time impostors was Arthur Orton, aka Thomas Castro. He was a butcher...

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