JUSTICE Student Conference Saturday 16 February 2019

The conference will give you the opportunity to meet the JUSTICE team and some experts in this field, as well as new practitioners. They will be running exciting and thought-provoking workshops on their new projects looking at school exclusions, the housing justice...

Expert Evidence Training Conference

SATURDAY 1 DECEMBER 2018 This conference will provide practical training in the handling of expert witnesses, including a lecture, case analysis, a conference with, and cross-examination of real experts. The course is suitable for Practitioners over five years’ call...

The Kosovo Justice System: the past, the present and the future

This talk will be run by the British-Albanian Lawyers Association. The speaker will be His Honour Judge Enver Peci, President of the Supreme Court of Kosovo. Date: 15th November, Time: 19:00 Venue: Kosovo Embassy, 8 John Street, London WC1N 2ES...

Leadership Roles at the Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service

The Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service (BTAS) is the body responsible for administering Disciplinary Tribunals, Fitness to Practise and other hearings for barristers. It also organises Inns’ Conduct Committee (ICC) hearings to consider the conduct of individuals...

Judicial Assistants to the Justices

The Supreme Court are currently inviting applications for up to seven temporary posts, assisting the Justices of the Supreme Court (who also sit in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council) by carrying out research in connection with appeals and summarising...

AGM, Annual Lecture and Drinks Party

This year’s annual lecture will be given by Tim Eicke who was elected Britain’s Judge to the ECHR in 2016. Details of the title of his lecture will be circulated at a later date. The annual lecture is free. There is no advance registration for this event. The annual...

Message from the Bar Pro Bono Unit

Please see below a message from the Bar Pro Bono Unit, which you may wish to bear in mind when completing the ATP process this month. We are now in the Authorisation to Practice (AtP) period and you have the opportunity to donate £30 to the Bar Pro Bono Unit. In 2016...

Consultation: Fixed Fees in Civil Cases

Consultation: Fixed Fees in Civil Cases  Dear ALBA member, Lord Justice Jackson is conducting a review of the potential for the introduction of a fixed fee regime in civil claims. The review will include judicial review and he has asked for views on the potential...