Agenda emerges from Neuberger’s access review as report set for Easter publication; the Bar Council lobbies for Legal Services Board independence; and Littleton Chambers names new chief executive. Claire Ruckin reports on the latest developments at the Bar

A report on widening access to the Bar is set to be published by Easter. Appeal court judge Lord Justice David Neuberger is heading up a working party tasked with carrying out a review on the issue, following reports that the chances of students securing a pupillage are at an all-time low.