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Arbitration cost to come under CEDR microscope

The cost and speed of international arbitration will be discussed at the first meeting of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) Commission on Settlement in International Arbitration today (10 July). The meeting, which will feature representations from leading international arbitrators, mediators, academics and counsel across 25 jurisdictions, will be co-chaired by the former Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf and Schellenberg Wittmer arbitration partner Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler.
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Erskine Chambers' Todd to head Chancery body

Erskine Chambers' Michael Todd QC has been elected as the new chairman of the Chancery Bar Association (ChBA), the body announced yesterday (4 June). Todd replaces Charles Purle QC - the former head of New Square Chambers - in the role after standing unopposed in an election at the body's annual general meeting.
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Client hospitality comes under the spotlight in Bar standards review

Bar Standards Board unveils 'blush test' as key plank of new guidance on chambers hospitality as senior Bar figures say the regulator has managed a deft balancing act. Claire Ruckin reports on the latest developments at the Bar
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Behrens calls for BSB complaints overhaul

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is set for a major overhaul of its complaints-handling procedures after the body's independent Complaints Commissioner today (3 July) said the current system was in need of "significant improvement". Unveiling the findings of his root-and-branch review into the Bar's disciplinary processes, Rob Behrens called for a raft of reforms to streamline complaints-handling.
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Barristers' £10m bonanza from London super-panel

At least £10m in legal fees will be up for grabs, it has emerged, after five London boroughs kicked off a tender process to appoint barristers to their new combined panel. The West London Alliance - comprising Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow and Hounslow councils - launched the tender process last week (22 June), with more than 75 major chambers understood to be taking part. Each borough is expected to contribute up to £2m in fees over the panel's four-year term.
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CEDR adds Sandelson and Lord Woolf to team

The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) has appointed four high-profile mediators including former Lord Chief Justice, Lord Woolf, and Clifford Chance London managing partner Jeremy Sandelson. The pair join former Court of Appeal judge Sir Henry Brooke and high-profile Australian mediator Alan Limbury on the CEDR Solve Direct Panel. In January, the 36-member panel also appointed former International Bar Association president Francis Neate.
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Mark Stobbs: A closer look at the Bar code

It often surprises people to learn that the Bar's Code of Conduct only came into existence in 1981. The first edition looks very restrictive, with passages specifying acceptable alternative occupations for barristers; detailed rules about where chambers could be established; and rules setting out what was permissible to put on a business card.
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Outer Temple nabs rival's CEO in practice revamp

Outer Temple Chambers has appointed a new commercial director in a continuing shake-up of its practice management, havign lured a senior administrator from Doughty Street Chambers. Christine King, who was chief executive officer at Doughty Street, joins Outer Temple next week (2 July) in the newly-created role as the set looks to implement a strategy of growth.
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International Edition

BSB rules out restrictions on freebies

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has come down against introducing explicit restrictions on barristers offering hospitality to solicitors, citing a 'blush test' as a useful guide to preventing improper conduct. The decision - which follows a consultation on hospitality by an 18-member BSB committee led by Brick Court Chambers' Charles Hollander QC - found no evidence that hospitality had influenced instruction decisions.
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Goldsmith to quit as Attorney General

The Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, is to stand down this week after six years in the role, it was announced on Saturday (23 June). Goldsmith, the Government's top legal adviser, has overseen some of Whitehall's most controversial decisions in recent years, including the legality of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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