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| News Archive 2008 |
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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 |
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22 Dec 2008 The Bar Council and Legal Services Commission issue guidance on review of payments on account in publicly funded cases ...read more |
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15 Dec 2008 Judicial Appointments Commission seeks to appoint Chairmen of Employment Tribunals ...read more |
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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 |
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12 Nov 2008 ChBA member James Clifford wins Special Mention in the 2008 Pro Bono Awards ...read more |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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17 Sep 2008 Attorney General's Panel of Counsel - Event 30 September - "Widening the Pool" ...read more |
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11 Sep 2008 Ministry of Justice announces new appointments to the Chancery and Queen's Bench Divisions ...read more |
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29 Aug 2008 Better regulation of the private rented sector. Law Commission report makes recommendations for a programme of staged reforms ...read more |
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28 Aug 2008 Ministry of Justice announces increase in statutory legacy on intestacy from 1 February 2009. ...read more |
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28 Aug 2008 The final programme for the Young Bar Conference, taking place in London on 4 October, has been announced. ...read more |
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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 |
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27 Aug 2008 Eligibility for judicial appointments. Ministry of Justice Report published. ...read more |
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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 |
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23 Aug 2008 The Judicial Appointments Commission expects to begin several selection exercises in the coming weeks. ...read more |
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17 Aug 2008 Update on the Charities Act 2006 - provisions which have come into force since November 2007 ...read more |
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15 Aug 2008 Appeals to HM Land Registry - two Statutory Instruments came into force on 25 July. ...read more |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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25 Jul 2008 Urgent Applications in the Companies and Bankruptcy Courts, RCJ. Recent guidance issued by the Chief Registrar ...read more |
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22 Jul 2008 New Chair appointed for the Legal Services Commission, the body responsible for legal aid in England and Wales. ...read more |
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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 |
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03 Jul 2008 Panel Counsel: Attorney General pledges commitment to diversity and equalities within the legal profession. ...read more |
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25 Jun 2008 Head of the Charity Tribunal refers to ChBA specialist charity panel in speech to Charity Law Association. ...read more |
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24 Jun 2008 Chancery Bar Association entertains delegation of solicitors and advocates from Mumbai. ...read more |
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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 |
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24 Jun 2008 Judicial Appointments Commission invites applications for post of part-time salaried President of the Valuation Tribunal for England. ...read more |
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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 |
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18 Jun 2008 Judicial Appointments Commission - forthcoming selection exercises and Roadshows ...read more |
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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 |
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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 |
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30 May 2008 A Career in the Judiciary - Lecture to be given on 3 June by Lady Justice Arden. ...read more |
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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 |
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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 |
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16 May 2008 "Thumbs down for designer robes". Chairman of the Chancery Bar quoted in The Times Online ...read more |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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28 Mar 2008 The Chancery Bar Association expresses concern about the QC application process. ...read more |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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01 Feb 2008 Congratulations to Chancery Bar Association members awarded Queen's Counsel in January 2008. ...read more |
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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 |
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