Increasing number of barristers opt to work outside Bar Council

A number of barristers have decided to take their legal practice outside the Bar Council, *The Sunday Business Post* has learned.

A spokeswoman for the Bar Council has confirmed that the representative body “has recently become aware of the fact that a small number of barristers are now practising from outside the law library”.

Financial difficulties may be the cause of this decision as Bar Council fees for some senior counsel barristers can ...