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Denning Lecture (8 December)
BACFI AGM
Student Evening (19 October)
BSB Employed Pupillage Provider Webinar (5 October)
Inspiring Governance Webinar (28 September)
Anniversary Dinner (23 September)
Employed Bar Garden Party (15 June)
BACFI Wine Tasting (21 April)
Social Mobility Webinar (30 March)
Pupillage Webinar (12 January)

BACFI AGM
23rd November 2022

Gaynor Wood welcomed everyone to the meeting and thanked Mark Fenhalls KC, current Chair of the Bar, for his support throughout the past year. Unfortunately, Mark was unable to join us so Nicholas Vineall KC, incoming Chair of the Bar, gave us a short run down of matters he will be addressing during his tenure which have particular relevance to the Employed Bar. Nicholas thanked all those members of BACFI that are currently involved with Bar Council work and noted that Employed Barristers play a huge part in the work of the Bar Council, both at GMC level and in various committees. He stated that BACFI VP, Michael Blair KC, was involved in work on pupillage with Nicholas many years ago and that those working as employed barristers have always been keen to get involved. He also noted that the new Attorney General worked as an Employed Barrister at the GLD for 17 years.

Nicholas outlined three points:

1. In the case of Dina Rose KC and her work in the Cayman Islands which has been covered recently by the press, Nicholas noted that the Bar Council have issued a statement reflecting that the BSB’s handling of the complaint was unacceptable. Nicholas urged anyone who felt that any complaint against them had not been dealt with correctly to get in touch with the Bar Council.

2. The Bar Council are very aware of how much work and money commercial barristers bring into England from abroad and is keen to continue to encourage those overseas to opt into English Law and use England for dispute resolutions. Nicholas will seek support from BACFI on this issue.

3. Nicholas is keen to ensure that discrimination regarding Silk and Judicial appointments for those at the Employed Bar is addressed. He stressed that, in his view, Silk appointment needs to remain as the mark of excellency in advocacy but recognizes that there are other ways of demonstrating advocacy skills beyond the courtroom. He stated that some Judicial posts require the applicant to be a Silk in order to apply but the best judges are not always Silks. He wants to work with BACFI to ensure that the lack of advocacy skills is not a barrier to judicial appointments.

Gaynor thanked Nicholas and was very keen to work with him on the issue of career progression for the Employed Bar as well as issues relating to pupillage and ethics.

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