Sponsors and exhibitors

Now in our 15th year of successful collaboration with the Bar, GRL Legal remains pivotal in delivering bespoke recruitment and consultancy services, facilitating the placement of numerous prominent leaders and senior managers within Barristers’ Chambers throughout the UK. 

With the benefit of more than 100+ years of combined leadership expertise gained within many of the UK’s leading Chambers, our senior consultants possess a deep understanding of the unique qualities and subtleties of the bar, excel in meaningful and effective communication, and boast an impressive track record of delivery

At LexisNexis, our mission is to advance the Rule of Law around the world. Everything we do – from our products and services, to how we do business, is about ensuring that all people are equal under the law. We continue to find ways to help members of the Bar to work more productively, prepare arguments with confidence and get the best results for their clients.

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Worried about how to protect your chambers from ransomware attacks and email account takeover?

The solution is Mitigo. Their support has been designed for chambers to safeguard against cyber attacks. After assessing your risks, Mitigo will take care of the three areas needed to keep your chambers safe:

• Technology – includes detailed technology assessments, penetration testing, and vulnerability scanning.
• People – includes e-learning, testing, and simulated phishing.
• Governance – includes policies, customised handbook, and risk management framework.

Mitigo also provides a rapid response, containment, and investigation service, and can assist with reporting obligations to regulators and clients.

Visit the Mitigo website to find out more and book a free 1-hour consultation.

Place Campbell’s relationship with the Bar goes back 60 years and we now act for over 2,500 barristers and 70 chambers. Our depth of experience makes us the preeminent barrister-specialist firm of Chartered Certified Accountants.

From the newly qualified barrister undertaking pupillage to the KC taking Judicial appointment, we understand the pressures facing members of the Bar so our aim is simple, to make dealing with your financial affairs straightforward and effective so that you can concentrate on your practice.

We believe that the way to do this is by having a close working relationship, which is why each client has their own manager who will work with them. This enables us to provide a complete range of services from VAT compliance to financial planning that reflects their individual needs.

Vector Professions Finance is a well-established company whose principal activity is the provision of Aged Debt Funding Services to the Bar.

Vector offer a fast track online application and only usually require electronic printouts from the clerks system of your gross receipts for the last 12 months to date and your aged debt together with application and personal worth forms that can be completed online at: www.ageddebtfunding.co.uk

Popular uses of our facility include: tax bill funding, overdraft clearance/reduction, junior to silk transition, KC application fees, debt consolidation, chambers expenses , LAA funding, pension top ups, chambers freehold acquisition, school fees.

Advocate is the Bar’s national pro bono charity. We match members of the public who need free legal help with barristers who are willing to donate their time and expertise in deserving cases for those who are unable to obtain legal aid and cannot afford to pay. We cover all areas of law, and work in all courts and tribunals. Over 4500 barristers, from pupils all the way to KCs, have signed up to volunteer to work on pro bono cases with Advocate. Barristers can sign up after their second six and operate under Advocate’s direct access licence.

The Free Representation Unit is a pro bono charity. We represent our clients in employment, social security, and criminal injuries compensation tribunals. Our advocates are all volunteers, most of who are aspiring lawyers at the start of their career. We train our volunteers and support them as they prepare for the hearing and negotiate with respondents in employment cases. We are also grateful to barristers in practice who help us with advice and representation in complex and appellate cases.  

FRU receives fantastic support from the Bar Council, the Inns, ICBET, specialist Bar associations and many chambers and individual barristers.

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