News and press releases

2017 Annual General Meeting

25 August 2017 - Notice of the 2017 AGM of the Bar of England & Wales
Bar Council, IBC and LPMA to back the Bar on new data protection regime

24 August 2017 - GDPR Readiness campaign to launch
Bar Council response to government post-Brexit civil judicial cooperation paper

23 August 2017 - Bar Council responds to Providing a cross-border civil judicial cooperation framework. A Future Partnership Paper
10 things the Bar Council did in July 2017

7 August 2017 - What is it the Bar Council does? Here's a glimpse of just some of the work we have done in July 2017.
Flexible Court Hours pilot: Bar Chair's reply to Lord Justice Fulford

7 August 2017 - Chair of the Bar, Andrew Langdon QC, steps in over Flexible Court Operating Hours pilot
Bar Council responds to Lord Justice Jackson’s FRC proposals

31 July 2017 - Civil litigation costs review
Bar Council responds to Supreme Court decision on employment tribunal fees

26 July 2017 - Supreme Court decision welcomed
Bar Council applauds appointment of first woman President of Supreme Court

21 July 2017 - The Bar Council has welcomed the appointment of Baroness Hale as the new President of the Supreme Court.