The Bar Standards Board has published its latest annual report, which summarises its activities during the 2015-16 business year. Key achievements in 2015-16 include piloting a more flexible Continuing Professional Development (CPD) regime for barristers in preparation for its roll-out in 2017; undertaking research into women’s experiences at the Bar; and starting a review of immigration advice and services. During the period of its last strategic plan, which was adopted in 2013, the BSB has reduced the overall cost of regulation by two per cent.
04 August 2016
BSB annual report
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok
Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok
Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon
Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise
Twenty Essex—Thomas Hibbs, Jack Hollingworth & Sam Pearce
Three new tenants join Twenty Essex
NEWS
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’
Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application
Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
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