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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...