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The General Council of the Bar, commonly known as the Bar Council, is the representative body for barristers in England and Wales. Established in 1894, the Bar Council is the "approved regulator" of barristers, but discharges its regulatory function to the independent Bar Standards Board. As the lead representative body for barristers in ...
The question of barristers' and judges' clothing in the civil courts was the subject of review, and there is some pressure to adopt a more "modern" style of dress, with European-style gowns worn over lounge suits. Guidance from the Bar Council has resulted in robes being worn for trials and appeals in the County Court more than formerly. [10]
A bar council (Irish: Comhairle an Bharra) or bar association, in a common law jurisdiction with a legal profession split between solicitors and barristers or advocates, is a professional body that regulates the profession of barristers.
This category is for barristers from the United Kingdom and its constituent countries. Wherever possible the relevant sub-category should be used. For barristers by place of call, see Category:Members of the Bar of England and Wales and Category:Members of the Bar of Northern Ireland and, for the Scottish and Channel Islands equivalents of barristers, see Category:Members of the Faculty of ...
Outside the Bar and judiciary of England and Wales, members have included the clergy (including five Archbishops of Canterbury), [2] the industrialist John Wynne, the astronomer John Lee, media figures, such as Huw Thomas, [3] and members of the Bar and judiciary of other nations, such as Yang Ti-liang (former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ...
There is also the European Circuit, which is an association of barristers with interests in European law. Though it is called a circuit and recognised by the Bar Council, it does not serve any administrative or judicial purposes. [2] Circuits are divided along local authority area borders. [3]
This category is for members of the Bar of England and Wales. For barristers from England or Wales, see Category:English barristers and Category:Welsh barristers. See also Category:Members of the Bar of Northern Ireland and Category:Barristers from Northern Ireland
A bar association is a professional association of lawyers as generally organized in countries following the Anglo-American types of jurisprudence. [1] The word bar is derived from the old English/European custom of using a physical railing (bar) to separate the area in which court or legal profession business is done from the viewing area for the general public or students of the law.