The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today announced the appointment of Jeffrey Chapman KC and Simon Lewis as new barrister Board members. They both take up their appointments from 1 January 2023. Current barrister Board member Irena Sabic has also been reappointed for another four years.
Jeffrey Chapman KC was called to the Bar in 1989 and was appointed King's Counsel in 2010. Jeffrey specialises in civil fraud, commercial dispute resolution and banking and has appeared in courts ranging from the Supreme Court to the Old Bailey via the Commercial Court, as well as in international arbitrations around the world. He was appointed to the Bar Standards Board Complaints Committee between 2007-2012 and was the Barrister Vice-Chair of the Professional Conduct Committee of the BSB between 2015-2019.
Simon Lewis was called to the Bar in 2012. He has particular expertise in employment and equality law. He is an independent member of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) Council, a trustee and board member of the ASDA Foundation, and the senior independent director of Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust. He sits as a part-time judge and has various independent regulatory roles in healthcare, sport, finance and business. He is a member of Exchange Chambers.
Irena Sabic was called to the Bar in October 2002. She is a member of Garden Court Chambers and an established public law practitioner with a particular expertise in immigration and asylum, community care, housing and planning law. In recent years Irena has focussed on the representation of vulnerable children and adults subject to immigration control. Irena is regularly invited to deliver lectures and seminars to solicitors, public bodies and NGOs. She is a Trustee and Board member of Trauma Treatment International.
Chair of the BSB, Kathryn Stone OBE said:
"Both Jeffrey and Simon will bring a wide range of valuable skills and knowledge as well as different perspectives to the existing Board. I very much look forward to working with them and to continuing to work with Irena over the next four years".
Jeffrey Chapman KC and Simon Lewis will take up their appointments from 1 January 2023.
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About the Bar Standards Board
Following these appointments, the Board will be made up of 11 people: five barristers and six lay members including a lay Chair. The new appointments will help the regulator ensure that its Board maintains the range of skills, experience and perspectives that it needs to undertake its independent regulation in the public interest. Information about existing Board members is available on the BSB's website.
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