Episode 9 Sara Phelan, Chair of Bar Council, talks about issues facing practitioners and what her aims, as Chair, are.

Presenters Mark Tottenham and Peter Leonard also discuss some key judgements drawn from the Decisis.ie casebook.

24.30, She wants to achieve that the profession achieves 'relevance to society'

26.11 She references the EY report about the profession, with the vast majority of the recommendations being implemented. She mentions one of recommendation, 'The Meitheal' (in this case a loose grouping of barristers), that has been turned down by the Bar Council and she explains why and explains what recommended the alternative is.

29.50 She talks about the newly formed 'alumni association' that brings former bar members together.

31.00" She talks about The Bar opening a creche

32.30" She responds to recent media reports about a claimed initiative to encourage work for female barristers. Sara references to an 'equitable briefing' policy.

35.30" She gives some very interesting observations about court hearings online versus hearings 'in person'. She's firmly on the side of more cases being held 'in court' for sometimes surprising reasons.

42.00" Sara gives her recommendations for a film, Twelve Angry Men (1957) and her book recommendations are East West Street by Phillipe Sands and a second book by the same author, The Last Colony

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