The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has published its annual report for 2015 on the diversity of the profession. It notes that women are even with men at the point of pupillage but under-represented at the practising Bar. It also cites evidence that black and minority ethnic barristers are also under-represented at the Bar, and not progressing to QC status at the same rate as white barristers. BSB director of regulatory policy Ewen MacLeod says: “We are complementing [this report] with further projects such as the recent women at the Bar survey which has been designed to provide evidence about the challenges and experiences of different segments of the Bar.”
04 February 2016
Make-up of the Bar
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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