News Archive
03 Jul 2008
Panel Counsel: Attorney General pledges commitment to diversity and equalities within the legal profession. ...read more
24 Jun 2008
Chancery Bar Association entertains delegation of solicitors and advocates from Mumbai. ...read more
24 Jun 2008
Bar Nursery Association set up with the objective of establishing nursery facilities in the Inns of Court for the use of barristers and their staff. ...read more
24 Jun 2008
Judicial Appointments Commission invites applications for post of part-time salaried President of the Valuation Tribunal for England. ...read more
24 Jun 2008
Martin John has been appointed the new Public Guardian and Chief Executive of the Office of the Public Guardian. That office was launched in October 2007, as a result of the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. ...read more
18 Jun 2008
Judicial Appointments Commission - forthcoming selection exercises and Roadshows ...read more
10 Jun 2008
On 19 June 2008 the Chancery Bar Association will host a lunch in the Great Hall, Lincoln's Inn, for party of visiting lawyers from Mumbai. ...read more
01 Jun 2008
New Form N244 ...read more
30 May 2008
Chancery Bar Association members may be interested in a discussion evening taking place on 4 June to consider the new consultation paper by the Law Commission on Easements, Covenants and Profits a Prendre ...read more
30 May 2008
A Career in the Judiciary - Lecture to be given on 3 June by Lady Justice Arden. ...read more
21 May 2008
Tribunals. The jurisdictions of individual tribunals doing similar work will be brought together into a radically simplified two-tier tribunals system - consisting of a First Tier and Upper Tribunal. The first chambers will start work on 3 November 2008 ...read more
21 May 2008
New Judicial Robes: Photographs of the new judicial robes to be worn in civil cases with effect from 1 October 2008 are now available. ...read more
16 May 2008
"Thumbs down for designer robes". Chairman of the Chancery Bar quoted in The Times Online ...read more
16 May 2008
Rolls Building Project. The Chancery Bar Association expresses concern about the latest proposals regarding the splitting of the Chancery Division between the Rolls Building, currently being built in Fetter Lane, and the Royal Courts of Justice ...read more
08 May 2008
Diversity Matters - Michael Todd QC, in an article that appeared recently in Legal Week, argues that, for the Chancery Bar, diversity is not an end in itself. ...read more
08 May 2008
Dispute Resolution Seminars in Shanghai and Bejing ...read more
08 May 2008
The Anglo-Dutch Exchange Programme (20-23 May 2008) is a legendary experience as those who have participated in the trip to the Netherlands in previous years will testify! ...read more
06 May 2008
The Judicial Appointments Commission has announced that it is seeking to fill 79 vacancies across all Circuits and jurisdictions. Closing date for applications is 28th May 2008. ...read more
30 Apr 2008
Update on the Rolls Building. HM Court Service has provided the following information to the Association regarding the Rolls Building. ...read more
28 Apr 2008
The Free Representation Unit (FRU) celebrates its 35th Anniversary with a Benefit Dinner. ChBA Chairman Michael Todd QC urges members to support this event and the work of FRU. ...read more
17 Apr 2008
Lord Phillips appointed as senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ...read more
11 Apr 2008
Manchester Civil Justice Centre. Members of the Chancery Bar Association Regional Sub-committee invited to Reception in the new building. ...read more
31 Mar 2008
The Wigs and Gowns Debate - read two opposing views from ChBA members and send in your response to the questions raised in the latest Bar Council consultation paper. ...read more
28 Mar 2008
The Chancery Bar Association expresses concern about the QC application process. ...read more
24 Mar 2008
The Education & Training Sub-Committee is pleased to announce the addition of two seminars to this year's programme - taking place in Birmingham and Manchester respectively. ...read more
20 Mar 2008
The Bar Standards Board’s paper on the future of the profession may run to 50 pages, but the prospect of major change at the Bar has girded senior barristers into responding - and they are taking a conservative line, as Alex Aldridge of Legal Week reports ...read more
14 Mar 2008
Chancery Division Deputy Judges: s.9(1) Authorisation Process. Updated information for Circuit Judges and Recorders wishing to sit as Deputy High Court Judges ...read more
03 Mar 2008
2009 Conference - 16-17 January - Save the Date! This popular event is now firmly fixed as a highlight of the ChBA calendar. The programme and booking details will be sent to all members before the end of the summer term. ...read more
20 Feb 2008
Chancery Bar Association hosts informal meeting with Judicial Appointments Commissioners and Chancery Judges to discuss the three judicial vacancies in Birmingham. ...read more
13 Feb 2008
Registrar Rawson ...read more
01 Feb 2008
Congratulations to Chancery Bar Association members awarded Queen's Counsel in January 2008. ...read more
14 Jan 2008
Tributes to the late Lord Justice Pumfrey ...read more
01 Jan 2008
Commercial Court Report on Long Trials. Chancery Bar Association members may be interested to read the report of the Working Party - published in December 2007 ...read more
04 Dec 2007
ChBA sponsored candidates elected to the Bar Council ...read more
19 Nov 2007
New Chancery Judge - Central London Civil Justice Centre ...read more
05 Nov 2007
ChBA member Catherine Addy, Chairman of this year's Bar Conference, is congratulated on organising an excellent event. ...read more
25 Oct 2007
Court says taxpayers can sue Revenue for errors. ...read more
02 Oct 2007
UK enterprise has lost one of its traditional defence against potential rip-off writes Edward Fennell in The Time Online ...read more
24 Sep 2007
Shareholders to gain new powers to sue directors writes Michael Herman in The Times Online ...read more
10 Sep 2007
Despite the normal doom-mongering, the chancery bar is responding well to modern challenges, says Michael Todd QC in an article in The Lawyer ...read more
21 Jun 2007
ChBA Chairman appointed to the Bench ...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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