Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Apr 2019 - Mar 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
6
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
The General Council of the Bar of England and Wales (The Bar Council)
EU Transparency Register
39850528734-23 First registered on 09 May 2012
Goals / Remit
The General Council of the Bar of England and Wales (known as the Bar Council) was founded in 1894 to represent the interests of barristers. As the governing body for the Bar its role is to promote and improve the services and functions of the Bar, and to represent the interests of the Bar on all matters relating to the profession, whether trade union, disciplinary, public interest or in any way affecting the administration of justice, be that by way of structural change, or changes to substantive or procedural law. The Bar Standards Board was established by the Bar Council to deal with the regulation of barristers.
In 1999 the Bar Council opened a representative office in Brussels, to act as the Bar’s eyes, ears and mouth at the heart of EU decision-making. It keeps the Bar informed of EU legal and policy developments of interest to its members and their clients, and provides a conduit for the Bar Council's continuing positive engagement with same.Main EU files targeted
All files in the Justice field, both civil and criminal and whether substantive or procedural. Also Financial Services, Digital Single Market, Intellectual Property, Employment, Environment, Climate change, Company law, Competition; Consumer protection, fundamental rights; rule of law issues; Artificial Intelligence, Data, professional regulatory issues, free movement and Brexit.
Address
Head Office
High Holborn, 289-293
London WC1V 7HZ
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
The General Council of the Bar of England & Wales, Brussels Office
C/O Aerann sprl
Brussels B-1050
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
There is one dedicated consultant in Brussels, with two London-based employees whose main activities are not EU-related, but who from time-to-time are involved.
In addition, practising members of the Bar provide their expertise to the Bar Council on specific matters of law and procedure in areas of relevance to particular EU activities, and do so generally on a pro-bono basis.Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
The Bar Council of England and Wales is a member of the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of Europe; of the European Law Institute and the European Services Forum.
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Apr 2019 - Mar 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
6 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 05 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Presentation of the organisation's views on various issues covered by justice portfolio Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Rule of Law and Access to Justice Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Thomas Zerdick (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Jun 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject sale of goods, digital contracts, data protection, new deal for consumers Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
- Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Jan 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Digital contracts proposals Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 May 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject General agenda of Commissioner for Justice Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
- Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
- Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
- Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
- Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
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