In recently perusing “Bar Barometer – Trends in the profile of the Bar” for March 2011, the following statistics show that the Bar is a male-dominated profession by a ratio of 2:1; over three-quarters of the profession are white and white QCs account for over ninety per cent of the practising profession. The Bar Council [...]
The salient features of the work of the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords in 2008 is as follows: 1) 74 decisions were issued issued ([2008] UKHL 1 to [2008] UKHL 74). This equals the record annual number set in 2005. However, one of the decisions (R v GG Plc [2008] UKHL 17) was [...]
