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BarAccountant

  1. Sensed a degree of dissatisfaction amongst the Young Bar about the way the bar appears to be evolving in favour of baby boomers#BarConf2011
  2. Disappointed with the level of discussion on public access; interested to know what they teach on Public Access Course#barconference2011
  3. It's worrying the Bar Standards Board does not know the demand for entity regulation#BarConf2011
  4. The answer to the question how the Bar is going to change is by by embracing external advisors who can help make change happen#BarConf2011
  5. Ascot Drummond Bar Accountants are delighted to be sponsoring the 2011 Bar Conference#BarConf2011
  6. I wonder how many of the bar leavers where reported by Peter Lodder QC what not cut out to be barristers #BarConf2011
  7. BSB is rushing through rule changes to aid Public Access barristers compete for legal aid work, wonder what other rule changes we will see?
  8. Would like to hear from barristers clerks interested in joining an exclusive breakfast club in London to promote Direct Access to corporates
  9. Chancellor has commited to promote UK as global centre for legal arbritration
  10. A number of barristers have indicated they want to incorporate, its only a matter of time before it happens
  11. Ascot Drummond are collaborating with Iris Legal with a seminar for chambers on bidding for private work - sorry already fully subscribed
  12. HSBC are relaunching its BPTC loan scheme, dissapointed they did not announce it in time for pupillage fair
  13. Just back from National Pupillage Fair, well attended, peoples main concern was funding their career at the Bar
  14. Great or gimmick? New app from 36 Bedford Row to help workers who believe they have been badly treated
  15. What are members of the Bar doing to create a Big Society and I wonder how many Chambers have a policy on Corporate Social Responsibility?
  16. Study by the Institute of Fiscal Studies suggests VAT should be applied to most goods in the UK to simplify indirect taxation
  17. As the first fines for serious breach of data protection are imposed its time for organisations to review how they protect sensitive data
  18. Met with Scottish Bar today; the English Bar could benefit by studying their shared service centre
  19. "It’s the thick ones that say they want to be barristers from day one"- Legalweek legalweek.com/legal-week/blo… via @AddThis
  20. 2012 Games Maker zone is down, only way to volunteer is by phoning a premium rate telephone number, does not bode well for olympics.