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02 Jan 2009
Important changes for Probate practitioners with effect from 1 January 2009 ...read more
01 Jan 2009
New Guideline Hourly Rates for 2009 Announced ...read more
01 Jan 2009
Appointment of new Presiding Judge on the South Eastern Circuit ...read more
23 Dec 2008
Forthcoming competitions - expected to launch January 2009 - for Recorders (South East Circuit) and Chamber Presidents of the First-tier Tribunal ...read more
22 Dec 2008
The Bar Council and Legal Services Commission issue guidance on review of payments on account in publicly funded cases ...read more
22 Dec 2008
Appointments announced of three new High Court Judges ...read more
17 Dec 2008
Appointment of new Lords Justices of Appeal with effect from January 2009 ...read more
15 Dec 2008
Judicial Appointments Commission seeks to appoint Chairmen of Employment Tribunals ...read more
09 Dec 2008
Earn CPD points - ChBA DVDs for sale! ...read more
09 Dec 2008
Second BSB Consultation on the Legal Services Act - ChBA members are asked to let the Bar Council working party have their comments ...read more
20 Nov 2008
ChBA members elected to the Bar Council ...read more
12 Nov 2008
ChBA member James Clifford wins Special Mention in the 2008 Pro Bono Awards ...read more
11 Nov 2008
EU Shareholder Rights Directive ...read more
01 Nov 2008
Legal aid buying power can join up services for clients ...read more
31 Oct 2008
New pre action protocol launched for Mortgage Possession Claims ...read more
28 Oct 2008
Bar Council announces election of Officers for 2009 ...read more
25 Oct 2008
Public Guardian begins review of the impact of the Mental Capacity Act. Plans to reduce the fees and simplify the forms for people making Lasting Powers of Attorney were part of proposals announced in a public consultation by Public Guardian Martin John. ...read more
25 Oct 2008
Budding lawyers seeking advice and support in their efforts to join the legal profession will be helped by a new government initiative. The project, 'Barriers Leading into Law', will look into obstacles facing students trying to pursue a career in law. ...read more
25 Oct 2008
The Judicial Work Shadowing Scheme (JWSS) gives eligible legal practitioners considering a judicial career, either now or in the future, an insight into the working life of a judge ...read more
14 Oct 2008
Senior Judicial Appointments announced ...read more
07 Oct 2008
Bar Conference - 1 November 2008. This year's conference is to be chaired by Michael Todd QC, chairman of the ChBA, and there is to be a ChBA workshop chaired by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury ...read more
06 Oct 2008
Commonwealth Law Conference - Hong Kong, 6-9 April 2009 ...read more
06 Oct 2008
Applications invited for posts of First Treasury Counsel, Panel Counsel on the A, B and C Panels and Standing Counsel to the Charity Commission ...read more
02 Oct 2008
Applications invited for the post of Assistant Judge Advocate General ...read more
30 Sep 2008
Welcome Speeches for new Chancery Judges ...read more
26 Sep 2008
Judicial and Court Statistics for 2007 published by Ministry of Justice ...read more
26 Sep 2008
Rolls Building: update on proposed occupancy ...read more
26 Sep 2008
The swearing-in ceremony for Lord Justice Etherton will take place on Monday, 29 September at 09.30 in Court 4. ...read more
22 Sep 2008
Commons Registration (England) Regulations 2008 - new arrangements ...read more
17 Sep 2008
Seminar: Rights of Way and Village Greens: the saga continues ...read more
17 Sep 2008
Attorney General's Panel of Counsel - Event 30 September - "Widening the Pool" ...read more
17 Sep 2008
Civil Procedure Rules: Consultation on Cost Capping Orders ...read more
17 Sep 2008
Framework for the provision of front office services in civil courts ...read more
17 Sep 2008
QC Appointments: Update ...read more
17 Sep 2008
Ruth Evans and George Leggatt QC to step down from Bar Standards Board ...read more
17 Sep 2008
American Bar Association - International Fall Meeting in Brussels ...read more
11 Sep 2008
Ministry of Justice announces new appointments to the Chancery and Queen's Bench Divisions ...read more
09 Sep 2008
Deputy Adjudicators to HM Land Registry - posts vacant ...read more
09 Sep 2008
BERR announces consultation on reform of Limited Partnership Law ...read more
04 Sep 2008
Sir Terence Etherton appointed to Court of Appeal ...read more
04 Sep 2008
New President of the Queen's Division announced. ...read more
04 Sep 2008
Sir Igor Judge - Life Peerage announced. ...read more
03 Sep 2008
Chicago Bar Association holds conference in London. ...read more
03 Sep 2008
Rome II ...read more
29 Aug 2008
Better regulation of the private rented sector. Law Commission report makes recommendations for a programme of staged reforms ...read more
29 Aug 2008
The Law Commission is on the move! ...read more
28 Aug 2008
Ministry of Justice announces increase in statutory legacy on intestacy from 1 February 2009. ...read more
28 Aug 2008
The final programme for the Young Bar Conference, taking place in London on 4 October, has been announced. ...read more
27 Aug 2008
The Bar Council has announced that the introduction of the New Contractual Terms of Work, as the standard basis on which Counsel will accept instructions from solicitors, has been delayed until Autumn 2009. ...read more
27 Aug 2008
Eligibility for judicial appointments. Ministry of Justice Report published. ...read more
26 Aug 2008
Nominations for Honorary QCs invited. ...read more
25 Aug 2008
New Senior Judicial Appointments: Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster (effective 1 October 2008) and President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (effective 1 January 2009). ...read more
23 Aug 2008
The Judicial Appointments Commission expects to begin several selection exercises in the coming weeks. ...read more
17 Aug 2008
Update on the Charities Act 2006 - provisions which have come into force since November 2007 ...read more
15 Aug 2008
Appeals to HM Land Registry - two Statutory Instruments came into force on 25 July. ...read more
08 Aug 2008
Chancery Mediation: life and reconciliation after death. Many Chancery disputes involve a fight between the current partner of the deceased at the time of his or her death and the children of a former relationship. ...read more
07 Aug 2008
Central Authority Under The Hague Convention On The Service Abroad Of Judicial And Extrajudicial Documents In Civil Or Commercial Matters (1965) and The Hague Convention On The Taking Of Evidence Abroad In Civil Or Commercial Matters (1970). ...read more
04 Aug 2008
Read the Chancery Bar Association response to the Law Commission consultation on Easements, Covenants and Profits a Prendre ...read more
31 Jul 2008
Court Dress. Guidance from the Chairman of the Bar. The Guidance is intended to reflect present practice in civil cases though certain changes have been made in respect of the Chancery Division to remove the distinction between different types of appeal ...read more
31 Jul 2008
Valedictory to be held for Mr Justice Lindsay ...read more
25 Jul 2008
Urgent Applications in the Companies and Bankruptcy Courts, RCJ. Recent guidance issued by the Chief Registrar ...read more
25 Jul 2008
Valedictory for Mr Justice Evans-Lombe ...read more
22 Jul 2008
New Chair appointed for the Legal Services Commission, the body responsible for legal aid in England and Wales. ...read more
22 Jul 2008
Lord Chief Justice announces final decision on Rolls Building occupancy ...read more
17 Jul 2008
Legal Services Board. The first nine members of the Legal Services Board have been appointed. The Board was set up by the Legal Services Act 2007 to be a single independent oversight regulator of legal services to replace the current oversight regulators. ...read more
14 Jul 2008
New Officers and Committee elected at Chancery Bar Association AGM ...read more
09 Jul 2008
JAC: Recorder Qualifying Test Papers Published ...read more
07 Jul 2008
Judicial appointments announced. Sir Igor Judge has been appointed the Lord Chief Justice, with effect from 1 October 2008. For other recent appointments ... ...read more
Selected Publications
Oct 2008 ChBA Guidance on Money Laundering.2
02 Dec 2008 | Download File
ChBA Booklet: "Careers at the Chancery Bar"
01 Oct 2008 | Download File
Annual Lecture: Lord Neuberger. "The Conspirators, the Tax Man, the Bill of Rights and a bit about the Lovers"
10 Mar 2008 | Download File
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