Join our free online panel event, offering practical advice for junior barristers (up to 7 years' call) and junior chambers professionals facing ethical challenges - both in court, and when dealing with clients.
23 April 2025, 5.30 to 7pm
About the seminar
Familiarise yourself with common ethical scenarios at the criminal and civil Bar, and learn more about how and when to use the Bar Council’s ethical enquiries service.
Why attend
- Gain insight into common ethical scenarios that you may face as a barrister
- Know what to do if you are in court and an urgent ethical issue arises
- Learn more about the Bar Council’s free-to-use ethical enquiries service, and when to use it
- Get practical advice on how to adhere to your ethical duties and responsibilities as a barrister
- Hear from experts about real-world ethical challenges at the Bar
- Learn how to approach challenging ethical issues relating to your clients, opponents, and judges
Who should attend
- Pupils (first six and second six)
- Probationary tenants
- Junior barristers up to 7 years' call
- Junior clerks and chambers administrators
Speakers
James Hines KC, Three Raymond Buildings
James Hines KC acts in major international fraud, crime and extradition cases, both prosecuting and defending. James has acted in numerous SFO, FCA, and CMA cases. He is Chair of the Fraud Lawyers’ Association. He is currently defending in SFO v London Mining Plc (bribery of government officials in Sierra Leone) due to be heard in spring 2026, and, on the prosecution side, he is instructed by the SFO in the Axiom Ince trial, he is also instructed in the Libor appeal in the Supreme Court.
In crime he has acted in all areas. Recent cases include a number of murder cases including Operation Rockrose, a contract killing, an EncroChat case.
Notable clients include Silvio Berlusconi, a suspect in the 1MDB trial in Malaysia, Glenn Mulcaire (News of the World phone hacking) and ‘the Nat West Three’.
Called 1982, Silk 2015. James is Co-Chair of the Ethics Committee and is a visiting professor at BPP University Law School.
Also speaking will be:
- Francis FitzGibbon KC
- Charlotte Reynolds
- Danny Robinson KC
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Useful resources
Ethics guidance
Contact the Ethical Enquiries Helpline, or visit the Bar Council's Ethics & Practice Hub to view ethics and practice documentation and guidance
Young Bar
Guidance for newly qualified barristers on how to build their practice and develop their skills