A Criminal Bar Association spokesman hit back at the government for blaming the barristers’ strike. The spokesman said: “Criminal barristers are fed up of being gaslighted by government, blaming us for doing for 18 months what the government demands and public expects of us —

Our CBA officers and wider leadership group extend their congratulations to our former Chair Kirsty Brimelow KC KC, on her appointment as Vice Chair of The Bar Council for 2025

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The Bar Council Kirsty Brimelow KC Many congratulations Kirsty Brimelow KC

Listen to Simon Spence KC DipABRSM analysis and interview from 1:11:50: youtube.com/watch?v=tH5yvM… The CBA

7 judges, 7 jurisdictions, 7 perspectives

For the final session of #WBC24 , an international panel of judges examines the close, inextricable link between the independence of the Bar and the independence of the judiciary.

Many thanks to co hosts The Bar of Ireland Bar of NI

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Belfast Dublin London Birmingham Manchester Leeds Bristol

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Please introduce yourself if you haven’t already to our CBA chair Tana Adkin KC

#CriminalJusticeMatters

The Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan sets the tone on #WBC24 conference day one, reflecting on the role of the independent referral bars in responding to global challenges.

The Hon. Mr. Justice Donal O'Donnell, Chief Justice, opens today's #WBC24 on the value of independent advocacy in confronting our global challenges

Underway at #WBC24 - considering how our profession responds to key issues in migration and human rights with Gillian Triggs, Lord Ben Stephen’s of UK Supreme Court and Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC.

Underway at #WBC24 - considering how our profession responds to key issues in migration and human rights with Gillian Triggs, Lord Ben Stephen of the UK Supreme Court and Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC

Sharing #Justice learning
World Bar Conference
The CBA chair Tana Adkin KC
Day 3 Dublin
Following Climate Focus we heard from Professor Gillian Triggs (Assistant High Commissioner for Protection UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency) and Lord Ben Stephens on migration and rights of children
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Sharing the best in #Justice
World Bar Conference
The CBA chair Tana Adkin KC
Day 2
Thought-provoking speeches followed by panel discussion
Freedom of speech and “cancel culture” Listening to views we don’t agree with; being able to challenge those views being discussed

Sharing the best in #Justice
With peers at World Bar Conference
The CBA chair Tana Adkin KC

Day 1 Belfast.

Great to meet Sean Guerin, Chair of ROI Criminal Bar Committee and to discuss mutual interests at the Reception at the NI Bar’s Bar Library

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In 2023
24,245
Trials in Crown Court delayed from a planned start date
10,062
“ineffective” - adjourned day 1
With fastest growing reason, shortage of prosecution and defence barristers
“Vacated”
12,183 , “administratively moved” often because of criminal barrister shortages

In

Derby Justice centre is holding an open day on Saturday 18 May! Visitors will be able to participate in a mock trial, speak with court staff, visit the holding cells and much more.

The court address and event details can be found here: find-court-tribunal.service.gov.uk/courts/derby-m…

Record numbers of knife offenders are avoiding prison as judges deliver fewer custodial sentences because of the overcrowding crisis.
The Telegraph Charles Hymas
“Fewer than one in four knife offenders (24.7 per cent) were sent to prison in the latest quarter of September to

What HM Courts and Tribunals Service has sent out but yet to post online

Here it is

Operation Early Dawn

1 day after it commenced; 42 hours after CLSA first alerted criminal practitioners tasked with managing caseloads and expectations of defendants and witnesses amid “disruptions”.

Listen to Wendy Showell Nicholas⁠, a psychotherapist with a lifetime of experience in the field of trauma on how the system, in its current state, compounds rather than heals the psychological impact of sexual violence. Wendy can be found on Instagram w.showellnicholas

The CBA HM Courts and Tribunals Service despite the utter chaos of the CJS ; recent case showed the sheer quality of all the people working in the 'mess'. Bench, Recorder + lay Mags, bar colleagues, Ct staff, each just excellent. V complex, detailed case. As ever I'm left full of admiration.

Emergency halt to bail hearings as prisons run out of cells

Operation in England and Wales keeps defendants in police custody — because they have nowhere else to go

The facts in ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ ⁦Times Law⁩ thetimes.co.uk/article/bail-h…