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The Chairman of the Bar, Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC, represented
the Bar at the Conservative and Labour Conferences, where she spoke
at events hosted by the Bar Council alongside senior ministers and
shadow ministers.
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The Bar Council
responded to the Joint Statement from the Ministry of Justice,
Lord Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals, 'Transforming
our Justice System'.
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The Chairman of the Bar delivered a
keynote speech at the International Bar Association Conference
in Washington on challenges facing the profession. Vice-Chairman of
the Young Barristers' Committee (YBC), Duncan McCombe, also
attended the IBA.
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The Bar Council submitted its
response to the Competition and Markets Authority consultation
on the legal services market.
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The Bar was invited to complete two important surveys from the
Bar Council on pro bono work and the employed Bar.
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In its ongoing campaign to promote the value of the Bar, the Bar
Council exhibited at the annual Citizens Advice conference
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The
Annual Report 2015/16 was published, outlining the Bar
Council's work and achievements over the previous financial
year
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Keynote speakers for the 31st
Annual and Young Bar Conference were announced: Sir Ernest
Ryder, Senior President of Tribunals, Caroline Wilson, Former
British Consul-General to Hong Kong and Macao, and Steven Thiru,
President of the Malaysian Bar.
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New guidance from the Bar Council Ethics Committee was published
for barristers who were not trial counsel, but who are instructed
to represent convicted defendants in the Criminal Division of the
Court of Appeal.
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The YBC jointly hosted International Weekend with the Junior
Lawyers Division of the Law Society, the London Young Lawyers
Group, and the European Young Bar Association welcoming 70 young
international lawyers to London.