The Bar Council has issued a guide to chambers to help them tackle sexual harassment in the profession. The guidance forms part of the response to the Bar Council’s 2015 research, Snapshot: The Experience of Self-Employed Women at the Bar, which highlighted instances of unacceptable behaviour experienced by some barristers. Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC, Chairman of the Bar, says: “We have a clear road map on what Bar Council, as the profession’s representative body, can do to better support barristers and it is time to take action.”
10 March 2016
Bar takes action to tackle sexual harassment
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