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Unregistered barrister Godwin Okri disbarred for dishonest conduct when practising as a solicitor
22 February 2018
Unregistered barrister Godwin Okri was ordered to be disbarred from the Bar of England and Wales at an independent disciplinary tribunal hearing held on Wednesday 21 February 2018, following charges brought by the Bar Standards Board.
New bogus emails purporting to come from the BSB
19 February 2018
The BSB has been made aware of a number of further bogus emails purporting to come from the BSB and inviting the reader to click on a hyperlink for details of a supposed invoice.
BSB seeks new members for its Advisory Pool of Experts (APEX)
12 February 2018
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is recruiting new members to its Advisory Pool of Experts (APEX).
BSB publishes new version of its Handbook
01 February 2018
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published the latest version of the BSB Handbook which contains the Code of Conduct for barristers in England and Wales. This introduces new authorisation to practise requirements, streamlines the public and licensed access rules, and introduces new obligations for barristers and BSB regulated entities to comply with the new Anti-Money Laundering Regulations. The new rules mean that there are four new reporting requirements for barristers looking to apply for or renew their practising certificates.
The Bar became more diverse during 2017 although further progress is still needed
26 January 2018
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published its annual report on Diversity at the Bar. The report shows that progress was made in 2017 with regard to both diversity at the Bar and to the disclosure rates of barristers providing data.
BSB seeking new barrister members for its Professional Conduct Committee
04 January 2018
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New Board members for the Bar Standards Board
19 December 2017
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today announced the appointment of three new lay Board members.
BSB opening hours
14 December 2017
The Bar Standards Board's offices will be closed from midday Thursday 21 December 2017 and will reopen on Tuesday 2 January 2018.
New research published to help inform Future Bar Training decisions
11 December 2017
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published two new pieces of research that are intended to provide a qualitative and quantitative evidence base to inform the current decision-making about the future training of barristers.
Barrister Hilary Roberts suspended for two months for failing to comply with a County Court Order
01 December 2017
Barrister Hilary Roberts was suspended for two months by an independent disciplinary tribunal at a hearing held yesterday following charges brought by the Bar Standards Board (BSB).