Chambers may need to merge in future to cope with market pressures, the Bar Council has warned.
Nicholas Green QC, chairman of the Bar, says the Bar needs to embrace new business structures in response to the Legal Services Act 2007, work constructively with the government to save money, and see the Inns play a more prominent role in training for advocacy. Speaking at Inner Temple, London last week to launch his report, The Future of the Bar, Green said: “A larger set has greater flexibility: to employ practice managers and support staff; to invest in new business models; to improve and renovate buildings; to invest in IT; and to organise seminars and marketing.”
