Kirsty Brimelow Takes Up Role As Bar Council Chair

By Ashish Sareen ( January 2, 2026, 2:00 PM GMT) -- Kirsty Brimelow KC has officially become the new chair of the Bar Council, starting her term amid opposition across the legal profession to government plans to tackle mounting court backlogs by scrapping jury trials for some criminal cases....

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