The Joint Council Meeting of The Bar of Ireland and the Bar of Northern Ireland

The Bar of Ireland and special guests were welcomed to the fourth joint North South Bar Councils meeting on the Friday, 24th June 2016.

To mark the occasion The Rt Hon Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore opened the evening’s proceedings, delivered his lecture on the subject of ‘Common Law Constitutionalism: a Perspective on Protecting Rights’ Followed with Drinks in the Members Room at the Royal Courts of Justice and dinner in the Atrium of the Ulster Museum.

Among the topics discussed at the meeting were:

• The Young Bar
• Education & Training
• Equality at the Bar