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Experimental chambers BarFutures set to close
Wednesday 9 June 2010 at 6:22 am | In News | 1 Comment
The alternative set was designed to meet the challenges posed by the Legal Services Act 2007 and give barristers a more cost-effective and time-efficient way to practise.
Rather than working in a traditional chambers, BarFutures provided management and marketing services and working accommodation in London and Manchester, to enable barristers to operate remotely and remain fully independent while benefiting from shared support.
It gave solicitors a more cost-effective and streamlined way to instruct barristers, using BarFutures’ own barristers, or the organisation’s nationwide network of affiliated chambers.
BarFutures director Ian Dodd told the Gazette:
‘When we set up two years ago we set some stretching financial targets. Despite achieving a turnover of £2m a year in our first 18 months and being able to cover all our costs, we couldn’t make the next step and failed to meet our targets.
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One of the unfortunate characteristics of the legal profession is a seeming inability or unwillingness to change. The benefits that this organisation could have given to me far outweigh any justifiable need to resist evolution of the trade, particularly if the benefits could greatly assist in bringing down the cost of justice to those who actually need it, aka joe public, rather than being in many cases the reserve of the wealthy. Why anyone would object through indifference to a facility that champions the reduction of cost and wastage while maintaining quality and profitability beggars belief. Shame this never took off, would be far more acceptable than tesco law.
Comment by Mike farrell — Thursday 10 June 2010 1:10 am #