Professional Practice and Ethics

Results (185)

• Refusing work on the basis of fees

  To highlight the issues relating to refusal of work by members of the criminal Bar on grounds relating to fees

• Remuneration Guidance

  This section contains the remuneration update, guidance on criminal work, publicly-funded civil work, privately-funded civil litigation, novel fee arrangements and taxation.

• Remuneration update

  The Bar Council's monthly newsletter looking at remuneration developments affecting the Bar.

• Representing yourself and your friends

  To draw barristers’ attention to their professional obligations in relation to this subject

• Retainers, fee arrangements and non-standard work arrangements

  To assist barristers to identify permissible and impermissible fee arrangements for work undertaken as a self-employed barrister, and to identify when non-standard work arrangements (such as secondments) may trigger specific requirements under the Code of Conduct within the BSB Handbook (including requirements applicable to practice as an employed barrister)

• Revised Advocates Graduated Fee Scheme: Section 51 and bail hearings

  To advise criminal barristers regarding the Revised Advocates Graduated Fee Scheme in relation to section 51 and bail hearings

• Role of barristers in non-solicitor cases

  To consider issues arising in cases when barristers are not instructed by a solicitor or other professional client

• Sexual harassment: information for chambers

  To advise barristers/chambers where an allegation of sexual harassment has been made against a member of chambers, chambers' staff or any other person whose conduct chambers may have some responsibility for or influence over