Bar chair Amanda Pinto QC relays the unprecedented events of her first six months in office, in an article in this week’s NLJ
But for COVID-19, Pinto would have been in Chicago right now attending meetings with US lawyers. Instead, she is handling extraordinary challenges from an ‘office’ in her home. Parts of the Bar face ‘an existential risk’ due to drastic reductions in work, some chambers are unable to offer pupillages next year and ‘worse, others are unsure whether they will even exist’. From lobbying ministers to provide more financial support for barristers to helping devise safe ways for the justice system to continue, Pinto has worked hard to support barristers and promote access to justice.
Read Pinto’s inside view of the justice crisis here.
