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Barrister Saleema Mahmood ordered to be disbarred

The Bar Standards Board updates on its plans for first-tier complaints handling and reporting

List of licences for instructing barristers

This is where you can find organisations and individuals that can instruct barristers via the Licensed Access scheme.

Consultations & responses

Get involved in our public consultations, read our responses to other consultations.

Current vacancies

On this page, you can find details about our current vacancies.

Pupillage / work-based learning component - Professional Ethics Exam

On this webpage, you can learn more about the Professional Ethics assessment during the pupillage component of Bar training.

Board meetings

On this page, you can find information about our Board meetings including the dates and times of future meetings and the Board papers and minutes from past meetings.

Mr Timothy Mark Compton

Pupillage forms

From this page, you can download a copy of the forms and guidance relating to registration of a pupillage, satisfactory completion of a pupillage, and notification of material changes to a pupillage.

Authorisations Team Service Update

This page is updated monthly (or more frequently) to reflect changes to our service, including the volume of work being completed by the team.

Bar Standards Board update on progress in the post office horizon cases

Barrister Chan In Devin Sio ordered to be disbarred

Mr Chan In Devin Sio

Resources for barristers practising in youth proceedings

These resources are for barristers who practise or plan to practise in youth proceedings. They include the BSB Youth Proceedings Competences and information to help barristers meet them. Barristers practising in youth proceedings should develop and maintain specialist knowledge and skills because they deal with some of the most vulnerable people in our justice system—children who often have complex needs and limited understanding of legal processes.

Barrister Anurag Mohindru KC ordered to be disbarred

3C: Centralised assessments

This section includes information on the vocational component centralised assessments including what subjects are covered by the exams, what to do before the exams and on the day of sitting, marking and results, and the results review process. Contact: [email protected] Overview 1  Vocational component centralised examinations are set on our behalf by the Central Examination Board (CEB). The CEB consists of a group of senior examiners, including experienced legal practitioners and academics. Psychometric and examination experts support the work of the CEB. 2  Centralised examinations were introduced to ensure consistency across course providers, and closer regulatory oversight of standards in knowledge subjects. The following Bar Training subjects are centrally examined: Civil Litigation and Evidence; and Criminal Litigation, Evidence and Sentencing. ...

Mr Anurag Mohindru KC

Meet our Advisory Pool of Experts

Find out more about who sits on our Advisory Pool of Experts (APEX).

The Bar Standards Board welcomes the Independent Review of Bullying, Harassment and Sexual Harassment at the Bar

4J: Assessment of pupils and compulsory courses

This section includes information on the assessment of pupils throughout the work-based learning component (pupillage), secondments, and the compulsory courses to be completed during pupillage.

  1.1  The Professional Statement describes the knowledge skills and attributes that all barristers should have on “day one” of practice. The components of Bar training are designed to ensure that prospective barristers meet the threshold standards in the Professional Statement. It helps prospective barristers to understand the standards they need to meet, and it helps AETOs to understand what the outcomes of Bar training must be. 1.2  AETOs must assess their pupils in line with the threshold standard and competences specified in the Professional Statement. This is a change to the previous requirement ...