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BSB Regulatory Risk Framework Review - 2024 - 2026
BSB Regulatory Risk Framework Review - 2024 - 2026
Our monthly Regulatory Updates
Read our latest Regulatory Update for the Bar and access previous months' Updates too.
Equality and diversity
See how we champion equality and diversity at the Bar and make it part of everything we do.
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.
Current vacancies
On this page, you can find details about our current vacancies.
9B: Amendments
The Bar Qualification Manual was first published on 1 April 2019. An updated and reformatted version of the entire manual was published on 9 November 2020. The table below will include details of amendments made to the Bar Qualification Manual after 9 November 2020 by section number/page title and by date. Date Section Number and Page Title Details of Amendments 17/11/2020 Part 3D - Centralised Assessments Amended link at paragraph 3 to 2020 version of standard setting technique document. 14/12/2020 Part 7A - Types of transferring lawyers Added links to new online application for transferring qualified lawyers via MyBar (para 5). 17/12/2020 Part 7A - Types of transferring lawyers Added links to new online application guidelines and amended 'valid to' dates ...
4C: Fair recruitment and equality and diversity
All AETOs are required to abide by the Equality Act 2010 , which includes some specific provisions in relation to recruitment of pupils. In addition, our Handbook and the Authorisation Framework have a number of requirements relating to recruitment in relation to equality and the principles of flexibility, accessibility and affordability. These are outlined in this section. Concerns raised during our consultations about Bar training and from research conducted (covering diversity , barriers to training and differential attainment in outcomes on the BPTC and in gaining pupillage , race equality and experience of women at the Bar ) highlight that access to pupillage is one of the biggest barriers to increasing diversity at the Bar. Research conducted into Pupillage Advertising and Selection ...
Our governance
Meet our Board and read all about how our work is governed.
Meet our Advisory Pool of Experts
Find out more about who sits on our Advisory Pool of Experts (APEX).
Enforcement decisions
Read about how we make enforcement decisions once reported concerns about barristers' conduct have been assessed.
Mr Rajiv Chopra
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.Â
