Heidi Stonecliffe KC speech at the swearing in of the President of the King's Bench Division
Vice Chair of the Bar's speech at the swearing in of Sir Mark Warby
“We should be ashamed”: just one in five barristers think the public can access justice in an acceptable way
A new Bar Council report found that 4 out of 5 barristers think the public cannot access justice at an acceptable level.
Access to justice: the view from the Bar
‘Access to justice: the view from the Bar’ report found that only one in five barristers think people have an acceptable level of access to justice.
Justice needs juries: how we changed the government's course
In this blog, Chair of the Bar Council Kirsty Brimelow KC looks back at the ‘Justice needs juries’ campaign that led to the government scrapping plans to curb jury trials.
‘Justice prevails’: Bar Council hails government decision to scrap jury trial plans
The Bar Council has welcomed the government announcement that it will no longer be scrapping jury trials ahead of the Courts and Tribunals Bill returning to Parliament.
St Joseph Chambers - Mixed (2 December 2026)
£ N/A | Mixed | London | start date ASAP
Pump Court Chambers - Family Finance (19 October 2026)
£ N/A | Family Finance | London | start date ASAP
Pump Court Chambers - Children (19 October 2026)
£ N/A | Children | London | start date ASAP
Pump Court Chambers - Employment (19 October 2026)
£ N/A | Employment | London | start date ASAP
Kirsty Brimelow KC speech at the swearing in of Alex Norris as Lord Chancellor
Chair of the Bar's speech at the swearing in of the Lord Chancellor and law officers
International legal associations unite to protect rule of law
The Opening of the Legal Year comes at a time of growing concern over attacks on judicial independence and increasing threats and harassment faced by lawyers worldwide.
Transparency: Now can you see why it matters?
Transparency itself is now understood to encompass not just opening up the courts to the media and legal bloggers, but to a whole host of other ways of doing family justice that make the system more understandable, more insightful, and more accountable.
33 Bedford Row (Mixed) - (31 December 2026)
£ N/A | Crime, Family | London | start date Late 2026
Record court backlogs after decades of underinvestment – Bar Council
New figures revealing record court backlogs in England and Wales provide further evidence that the government should scrap the previous administration’s plans to restrict access to jury trials.
KCH Barristers - Civil (no deadline)
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Our first collaboration in Colombo
Barrister Sailesh Mehta described the many benefits of the first ever International Legal Symposium organised by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka and the Bar Council of England and Wales.
Kirsty Brimelow KC speech at the European LGBTQ+ Lawyers Association Conference
Our Chair spoke at the first European LGBTQ+ Lawyers Association (ELLA) Conference, held in London in September 2026.
International demand for UK legal services surging
New Law Society report shows the importance of law and barristers to the UK economy.
Bar Council responds to legal complaints case fees proposals
Many of the proposed changes, if implemented, will absorb LeO’s time and resources, and distract from addressing the backlog.
Bar Council reacts to specialist rape courts
Specialist courts, unlike the proposals to curtail jury trials, have already been shown to work.