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FOCUS OF THE DAY: Chambers must be compliant with relevant rules and better equipped to handle complaints. The Bar Council has stepped up its efforts to tackle sexual harassment in the barrister profession. Inappropriate attitudes within the legal profession made headlines in 2015, following Lord Sumption's controversial remarks regarding women judges and barrister Charlotte Proudman's outing of sexist comments from a high-flying City solicitor on social media. Full story - Solicitors Journal
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Chambers must be compliant with relevant rules and better equipped to handle complaints. The Bar Council has stepped up its efforts to tackle sexual harassment in the barrister profession. Inappropriate attitudes within the legal profession made headlines in 2015, following Lord Sumption's controversial remarks regarding women judges and barrister Charlotte Proudman's outing of sexist comments from a high-flying City solicitor on social media. Full story - Solicitors Journal
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