Bar Council of India to Visit UK

I'm over in London at the moment for the Financial Times Global Outsourcing Conference (click here for conference overview). While here, I'll be taking the opportunity to investigate the growing clamour surrounding the Bar Council of India's visit to London later this month. Unsuprisingly the everlasting Advocates Act case has been pushed back to the summer, with the next hearing scheduled for July 16. In the same way that I have a forlorn hope that Newcastle United, my beloved soccer team will one day win the English Premier league, I hope and pray that I will live to see the day that this crucial court case comes to a conclusion. I'm not sure which is more likely!

In any event I came across the following piece on legalweek.com, click here. The article provides some commentary on the Bar Council's impending trip and the growing pressure being exerted on both the Council and the India government to open the doors to foreign law firms. While I'm over here I'm hoping to pop into the Law Society's Chancery Lane offices, so I'll be keeping my ear to the ground for any further news to report.

I genuinely get the impression that the Law Society and UK government's continuous chipping away at the Bar Council of India is finally having some effect and that change could be just around the corner. As always, I'll keep my readers posted.