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On 22 June 2018 The Home Secretary appointed Wendy Williams as Independent Adviser to a lessons learned review “to make sure crucial lessons were identified and learned as quickly as possible, to prevent something like this happening again”. A call for evidence was issued on 20 August 2018 and will run until 19 October 2018….
Shakespeare’s Globe announces programme for festival ‘Shakespeare and Race’. Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce the programme for‘Shakespeare and Race’, a new festival of events opening 11 August. This is the first time in the Globe’s twenty-year history that the topic will be explored in depth over a week. Curated to draw attention to and provide…
Dear Members, We hope you’re enjoying the summer and are looking forward to some well-deserved time off. Before that, we wanted to share with you our pipeline of initiatives and events for the coming months. We hope you will agree these present exciting opportunities to get involved with BSN’s unique platform of services which benefit its members and stakeholders alike….
Later this month the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) will be launching the next Recorder competition, as well as the first competition in five years to identify candidates to recommend for appointment as Salaried Employment Judges. Shortly thereafter, a competition will launch to select candidates for the post of Assistant Judge Advocates General. Recorder The next…
Council Summary 21 March 2018 CEO Report to Council
The Judicial Appointments Commission’s (JAC) process to select candidates for the post of Deputy District Judge is due to launch on 1 March 2018. There are 303 vacancies across England and Wales. This presents an excellent opportunity for solicitors, barristers and chartered legal executives (who are Fellows) to apply for Deputy District Judge, which I…
Law Society – Council Summary CEO Report
Happy New Year! 2018 is set to be an eventful year for BSN, but before we roll out our exciting pipeline of events so far, we wanted to share with you a few highlights from 2017. We launched the 2017 edition of BSN’s Diversity League Table: 10-year Study (DLT2017). Sponsored by The Law Society, the…
BSN reported in November 2017 that the Law Society intended to issue proceedings for a judicial review of the government’s decision to implement further cuts to payments made to solicitors doing criminal legal aid work. On the 25th January 2018, the Law Society issued proceedings. The further cut to criminal legal aid payments was implemented…
Dr Leslie Thomas QC wins Lifetime Achievement Award at BSN’s UK Diversity Legal Awards 2017 The eagerly awaited 8th Annual UK Diversity Legal Awards took place on Tuesday 28 November at the prestigious Grange St Paul’s Hotel. These are the only industry awards which focus solely on recognising and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion across…
The Law Society on a war footing to defend access to justice Chancery Lane will announce its intention to issue proceedings for a judicial review of the government’s decision to further deepen cuts to the legal aid budget. Criminal defence practitioners face being driven to the wall by a reduction in payment made from the…
Black History Month: “Diversity is being invited to the party, inclusion is being asked to dance” 31 October 2017 00:02 As Black History Month comes to a close, discussions are focusing again on the obstacles which stall black and ethnic minority (BAME) lawyers at mid-ranking levels in private practice and in-house. The 2017 Diversity League Table…
