With dramatic cuts to legal aid looming and new business models on the horizon, the Bar faces huge upheaval at a time when the gap between commercial and publicly-funded advocates has never been more stark. Alex Aldridge reports on the attempts to chart a course forward
‘Core values’ is a theme that traditionally features heavily at the Bar Council’s annual conference. This year – with deep cuts looming to legal aid and huge upheaval expected with the implementation in 2011 of the Legal Services Act (LSA) – was no exception.
