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List of licences for instructing barristers

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

Register of BSB entities

From this page, you can download a register of the specialist legal services businesses which we regulate.

Transferring Lawyer applications

This page includes information on applying to transfer to the Bar for qualified lawyers and other qualified legal professionals, key documents required in support of an application, and prioritisation requests.

NPP Waivers and Extensions

Find out how to apply for a waiver from, or an extension of time to complete, the requirements of the New Practitioner Programme

Annual Reports, Enforcement Reports and Regulatory Decisions Reports

This page contains an archive of all our past Annual Reports, our Regulatory Decisions Reports, our past annual Enforcement Reports and other corporate publications.

Consultations & responses

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

Our regulatory decision-making policies

From this page, you can access all our regulatory decision-making policies.

Governance documents

On this page, you can read about our constitution and a variety of other governance documents.

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.

Research and Analysis

Find our research and data, organised by theme or publication date.

How we make enforcement decisions

This page describes the four stage process we use to make enforcement decisions when we think a barrister has broken the rules set out in the BSB Handbook.

Information about barristers

Here, you can read all about barristers including why they play such a vital role in the administration of justice.

For the public

We regulate barristers and specialised legal services businesses in England and Wales in the public interest. Read our online information for the public.

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 Ravi Sidhu

Sanction
Disbarred (Sentence still to take effect). The BSB was ordered not to issue Mr Sidhu with a practising certificate pending any appeal.
Type
Disciplinary Tribunal (5 Person)
Finding date
24/11/2025

Barristers with interim suspensions or interim conditions

In some cases, we can suspend or place conditions on a barrister’s Practising Certificate while they are waiting for their case to be heard by a Disciplinary Tribunal. This is known as an interim suspension.