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Code Guidance

From this page, you can download Code Guidance to assist you in complying with your obligations under the BSB Handbook. This includes Code Guidance on the Public Access Rules and Transparency Rules. Please note that the guidance on this webpage is current as per the date published on each document. We occasionally make changes to the webpage itself, which is reflected by the date in the bottom right of the webpage.

Register of BSB entities

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

If you have a complaint about us

On this page, we explain how you can complain to us about the service we have provided.

Authorisation to Practise (ATP)

This section contains key information for barristers about the annual ATP process.

Cookies Statement

Information about the cookies we use on our website.

Contact us

This page contains all the contact information you need in order to get in touch with us.

BSB entities: Glossary of terms

Here is an explanation of the common terms we have used on our website to help us describe our process of authorising and regulating entities.

After an entity authorisation decision has been made

Find out what happens after we have made an authorisation decision about your BSB entity.

Entity Regulation Policy Statement

From this page, you can download our Entity Regulation Policy Statement

Attend one of our events

Find out about our forthcoming public events and external events to which we are invited to speak.

Policy decisions

Learn about how we make policy decisions by engaging with our stakeholders and, if the decision involves changing our rules, obtaining approval from the Legal Services Board.

2023-24 Independent Decision-Making Body Annual Report

Read the 2023-24 Independent Decision-Making Body annual report.

Authorising organisations

On this page, you can read about the work we do to authorise various types of organisations.

Archive of Strategic and Business Plans

This page contains an archive of all our old Strategic and Business Plans.

2023-24 Regulatory Decisions Report

Read the Bar Standard Board's 2023-24 Regulatory Decisions report.

Taking enforcement action

This page gives an introduction to our work to enforce barristers’ professional obligations as set out in the BSB Handbook.

The education and training of barristers

Read about our role in the education and training of barristers, and that of the Inns of Court.

Disqualified persons

In some cases, we can make a Disqualification Order against the employee of someone we regulate. This prevents that employee from working for anyone else we regulate in the future.