By John Hyde2021-03-03T10:46:00+00:00
An expelled barrister’s plea for the Bar Council to ‘stand up to the mob’ has been dismissed by its chair. In a letter to Jon Holbrook, who parted company with public law set Cornerstone Barristers in January after commenting on a case on social media, Derek Sweeting QC stated that he had the right to express his opinion but there was a ‘constraint on your entitlement to do so’.
Sweeting said Holbrook had been ‘entirely silent’ in relation to his obligation not to behave in a way which is likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in him or the profession.