News Archive 2008
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
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
03 Jul 2008
Panel Counsel: Attorney General pledges commitment to diversity and equalities within the legal profession. ...read more
25 Jun 2008
Head of the Charity Tribunal refers to ChBA specialist charity panel in speech to Charity Law Association. ...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
Selected Publications
Oct 2008 ChBA Guidance on Money Laundering.2
02 Dec 2008 | Download File
Chancery Guide (October 2009)
28 Oct 2009 | Download File
The Chancery Bar: a leaflet
10 Mar 2009 | Download File
Guide to Chancery Business at London Civil Justice Centre [Feb 09]
20 Feb 2009 | Download File
ChBA Podcasts

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