In an unprecedented day of action, hundreds of barristers and solicitors have marched on Westminster today, railing against Chris Grayling's recent confirmation that £215 million will be shaved from the criminal legal aid bill.

The Criminal Bar Association has struck a highly controversial deal with the government to suspend the planned legal aid cuts to Graduated Fee cases until after next year's general election.

Barristers have spoken out about the bullying they are subjected to by some judges, breaking an old “taboo” by speaking publicly about judicial inappropriate behaviour.

From 5 January 2015, the Bar Standards Board will now accept applications from practitioners wishing to set up new business models, become a partnership or set up an LLP.

The Bar Standards Board has said that chambers should be put back in charge of pupillage.

The legal profession is facing a new challenge as leading barristers defy Bar rules by pledging not to prosecute peaceful climate protesters or represent companies involved in fossil fuel projects.  

Barristers from ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely than their white counterparts to have complaints raised against them by the Bar Standards Board (BSB), according to a study by the regulator. 

In Northern Ireland, there are “unprecedented and worsening” delays for receiving payment for legal aid in the criminal justice area. More than 200 barristers will take part in the strike, which will take place on 17 November 2023.

The vast majority of barristers are opposed to withdrawing the United Kingdom from the European Convention on Human Rights in favour of creating a separate UK bill of rights, a survey commissioned by the Times has found.

Judges, QCs, junior barristers and solicitor advocates have come out in support of an anti-bullying campaign initiated by five barristers.

The Criminal Bar Association has raised the threat of industrial action as the dispute over legal aid funding continues. 

Barristers will stage a full day of strike action on 7 March in protest at the government’s proposed cuts to legal aid.

Members of the Criminal Bar Association are due to vote on whether to replace the current fortnightly strikes with uninterrupted ones as of 5 September.  

Barristers are as vulnerable to cyberattacks as solicitors, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has warned, as the increase in technology used at the Bar and in court presents opportunities for cybercrime.

After five months of strikes, criminal barristers in England and Wales voted to end strike action on Monday 10 October, accepting a government pay rise of 15% on legal aid fees.

Crime barristers will take action on their own against unreasonable hours and overnight working if the judiciary fails to heed their concerns, the chair of the Criminal Bar Association has warned.

New measures to improve the quality of advocacy in youth courts have been announced by the Bar Standards Board.

As the Leveson Inquiry rumbles on, it has published details of its costs in the period from July 2011 until January 2012, revealing that over £600,000 of public money has been spent on barristers' fees alone.

More flexible and innovative ways to qualify as a barrister could be enabled by the introduction of a professional statement defining what a newly-qualified barrister should be able to do from "day one", the Bar Standards Board has said.

The government has given ground to striking barristers with an offer of £15 million to address the crisis in the criminal justice system.