Nursery World - Interview - Fiona Jackson, Bar Nursery Committee chair

Fiona, a fraud specialist at 33 Chancery Lane, who used to chair the Association of Women Barristers, is hoping to set up a nursery for barristers and their staff

In 2008, the Bar Nursery Association was set up with the goal of opening a nursery in the Inns of Court. What progress has been made?

After plans put forward to open a nursery in the space formerly occupied by the St Clements Cafe in the Middle Temple were rejected in 2010, the Bar Nursery Committee has been looking for possible locations.

As there isn't any suitable space within the Inns of Court, we looked at buying a nearby building and converting it into a nursery to be run by an external provider. However, because this is a costly solution and takes time to do, we contacted Smithfield Nursery, which is less than a mile away from the Inns of Court, and has the capacity and flexibility to provide care for children of barristers, chamber staff and the Bar Council.

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