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Looking Beyond The Picture: How To Trust Video Evidence

By David Spreadborough, Certified Forensic Video Analyst I last wrote here for the Easter term of The Barrister in 2018 and honestly, where has the time gone? Considering all the troubles over the last two years though, it is not...
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The Power of Patterns in Forensics

By Professor Angela Gallop CBE, Group CEO at Forensic Access Ltd  Patterns can change the...
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As with most things, the cheapest option is not always the best

Price is currently the main deciding factor for the instruction of an expert witness...
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Jury proposals “a cure worse than the disease” – founding head of Doughty Street Chambers, Geoffrey Robertson KC

To coincide with this week’s committee stage of the Courts and Tribunals Bill, which threatens to significantly restrict jury trials, the Bar Council is...

The Bar Standards Board publishes its 2026-27 Business Plan

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has published its annual business plan which details our activities and commitments for 2026-27. The year ahead will see the BSB improve...

Barristers urge government to deliver specialist courts for sexual and domestic abuse cases, instead of restricting jury trials

Barristers are calling on the government to honour its 2024 manifesto promise and set up specialist sexual and domestic abuse courts, rather than restrict...

Leveson: Government must address systemic criminal court inefficiency and stop wasting time on restricting jury trials – Bar Council

Sir Brian Leveson has published Part 2 of his independent review of the criminal courts. Key recommendations in the report echo those that the...

Mark Neale to stand down as Director General of the Bar Standards Board

 Mark Neale has decided to bring forward a planned retirement and stand down as Director General of the Bar Standards Board after six years...

Oxbridge graduates dominate Bar pupillages, with first-class honours degrees and some how appears to be the norm

Just over half (53%) of future barristers at top sets went to Oxford or Cambridge, with only 11% coming from non-Russell Group universities, according...

Bar Council and BSB establish steering group to implement Harman report

The Bar Council and the Bar Standards Board (BSB) agree on the need for urgent and concerted action with the profession to tackle bullying,...

FromCounsel partners with South Square to launch new Restructuring & Insolvency content

Legal knowledge service FromCounsel (FC) has partnered with South Square to develop a new Restructuring & Insolvency (R&I) resource, scheduled for launch in Q1...

Vilifying lawyers puts them at risk

The Bars, Faculty and Law Societies in the UK have come together and accused politicians of "irresponsible and dangerous" language that is putting lawyers...

Bar Council welcomes Court of Appeal ruling on advocate immunity

The Bar Council has welcomed the Court of Appeal judgment in the case of XGY v Chief Constable of Sussex Police & Crown Prosecution Service...

The Bar Standards Board updates on its plans for first-tier complaints handling and reporting  

In May 2025 we published our public consultation which sought views on how to improve the Bar’s approach to the handling of first-tier complaints – that...

The Bar Standards Board publishes Annual Report on Bar Training Statistics by Provider

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has published its 2025 annual statistics report. The report provides information for prospective barristers about different Bar training providers and...

Maintaining status quo will not fix court backlog, says HMCPSI Chief Inspector

In a letter to the Attorney General, the Chief Inspector of the prosecution watchdog is calling for radical action now to fix court backlog...

Criminal court reform: diversion welcome but no need to curtail trial by jury, warns Bar Council

The Bar Council has welcomed the focus on diversion from the criminal justice system in the new report by Sir Brian Leveson but warned...

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