Following the response to our recent survey we are now able to target our resources on meeting those needs which have been identified by the Bar itself, writes Paul Mosson.
Back in January the Chairman of the Bar, Desmond Browne QC, authored an article in this magazine to raise awareness of a member research project being conducted by mruk research ltd on behalf of the Bar Council (“Meeting your Needs”, Counsel, January 2009, pp 10-11). Subsequently all members of the Bar were invited to complete an online questionnaire asking what products and services the Bar would like Member Services to secure on their behalf and how they wished to be contacted about them. I know I speak for all at the Bar Council when I thank the 4,333 members of the Bar who freely gave their time to help shape the Member Services of the future by completing this questionnaire. They represented 25 per cent of those surveyed by email and 7 per cent of those surveyed by post, a very high response rate for a survey of this kind.