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The BSB is exempting barristers wishing to give direct pro bono immigration advice to Ukrainian citizens from the need to be licensed under the Public Access Rules. See: buff.ly/3KjxDaO
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Barrister Barbara Hewson ordered to be suspended from practice for two years: buff.ly/36Y8wXp
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We sympathise with students in this hot weather. Anyone can take a break to drink water outside the test centre exam room at any time during their exam. Please raise your hand.
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We are aware of a bogus message circulating online saying that the centralised BPTC exams in April are now being held online. This is incorrect. DO NOT click any links in such a message as they may be malicious. Accurate info on the BPTC exams available at bit.ly/2UQkEFq
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.@LSB_EngandWal has approved our application to remove restrictions on chambers reporting diversity data relating to sexual orientation & religious belief. We hope this will help make the Bar more visibly diverse - and we’ll also be showing support tomorrow at @PrideInLondon.
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37% of practising barristers are women and 12.7% are BAME. The Bar is heading slowly in the right direction, but further progress is needed – find what The Bar Standards Board did in 2017-18 to promote #equality and #diversity: buff.ly/2nlSkKp
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BSB announces decision on the future of Bar training bit.ly/2njBRau
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From September 2019, the minimum amount pupil barristers must be paid will be linked to the real #LivingWage. Find out more: buff.ly/2BSL3d8 @LivingWageUK
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If you are inspired by @channel4’s and @4Viewers #FightingForJustice bit.ly/43RlXce, please visit our website to find out how to become a #barrister: bit.ly/3UCgSjt #Barristers #Channel4.
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We have deleted a tweet we sent on Friday which aimed to clarify BSB practice in handling enquiries from journalists but which may inadvertently have created an impression of wrongdoing by a member of the Bar. No such impression was intended. (1/2)
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BSB announces new opportunities to sit Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) exams. Read more at: bit.ly/2GQINs1
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We have issued a new statement in response to issues raised about our BPTC exams which you can find here: buff.ly/3gXXWVF
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The cab rank rule doesn’t apply if being asked to do something outside your “ordinary working time”. Kind regards.
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In view of the current national situation, the Authorisation to Practise process is being extended so that all remaining barristers who have yet to pay their Practising Certificate Fee now have until 31 May to do so. More in our updated COVID-19 statement: bit.ly/2vHDBS8
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We’re celebrating @ProBonoWeekUK this week. Check out all the events taking place at buff.ly/47bww8q and celebrate and discuss pro bono online with the hashtags #ProBonoWeek and #WeDoProBono.
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Statement by Mark Neale, the Director General of the Bar Standards Board, concerning the “cab-rank” rule. Read more on our website: bit.ly/3Z7KZOl
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If you are representing yourself in court, we have some useful information available on our website: buff.ly/3kfCmgJ
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We have commissioned research into pupillage recruitment and are contacting pupillage providers to share their views and experiences of different approaches. For more information email kate@communityresearch.co.uk or register your interest at buff.ly/470Uvrs
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BSB to abolish the Bar Course Aptitude Test from 31 July. Read more on our website: buff.ly/3AFmL5j
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Congratulations to all those new #barristers Called to the Bar today by @lincolnsinn, @HonSocGraysInn, @TheInnerTemple or @middletemple. Please read the welcome booklet on our website: buff.ly/3EPe8Xz
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For 2021 the minimum #pupillage award will be £18,960 in London and £16,601 outside London. Further details on our website: buff.ly/3niar16
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The BSB team are completing the 20th #LondonLegalWalk today to raise funds to support @londonlegal and help the most vulnerable in society access free legal advice bit.ly/3QrSjTe
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Congratulations to all those who have been Called to the Bar this week. Read our introductory leaflet which includes a summary of the rules that newly called barristers need to know at: buff.ly/2Ga0hLk
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Happy PRIDE month! We are of course very disappointed not to be able to march in London PRIDE this year as planned. We continue to stand by the LGBT+ community and we look forward to taking part in next year’s parade.
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The new minimum #pupillage awards for all pupillages starting on or after 1 September 2019 will be £18,436 per annum in London and £15,728 per annum outside London.
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Our Director General has today published a further statement about this year’s BPTC exams : buff.ly/2Q03zH0
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Please come and visit our virtual booth at the Bar Council’s Pupillage Fair on 17 October. Find out more on @thebarcouncil website: buff.ly/3mI4b38
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Join our Head of Equality and Diversity Amit Popat at the @ndin_law event 'The Neurodiversity Agenda' webinar today between 7pm and 8pm: buff.ly/3rYpQ9q
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Barrister Navjot (Jo) Sidhu KC ordered to be disbarred. Read more on our website: bit.ly/3FFJyCz
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Read our announcement regarding urgent immigration advice at: buff.ly/3AQsylp
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The new minimum #pupillage awards for all pupillages starting on or after 1 September will be £18,436 per annum in London and £15,728 per annum outside London
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We’re delighted to announce the appointment of two new barrister Board members, Elizabeth Prochaska and Leslie Thomas QC: buff.ly/2VUOOut
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Come to our Disability Taskforce event on 7 December hosted by @7BRchambers. Speakers include: @haleemahsadiaa @jjgburke @daniel_p_holt @ChrisWBarrister and @MHendersonDSC: buff.ly/2N0x5uk
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Our Board Member Leslie Thomas QC has delivered his first lecture as Gresham Professor of Law; please watch: buff.ly/3iJ1f3b
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BSB statement on threats against the legal profession. Read more on our website: bit.ly/46Euq1M
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We have now published our letter today to Bernard Richmond QC @phatsilk_qc. See: bit.ly/3bOacGo
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Unregistered barrister Ian Millard disbarred, following seriously offensive tweets bit.ly/2eO7WE0
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Kathryn Stone OBE appointed as the new Chair of the Bar Standards Board. Read more on our website. buff.ly/3Q4bv7p
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Taking an online proctored exam with Pearson VUE later this month? We strongly advise running a simulated test more than once to check your set-up. See section 1.2.3 of our Student Guide: buff.ly/3jXSrbm
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2020 Bar Course students – watch your inbox for an invitation to give us your views on your provider’s Equality and Diversity policies and support initiatives. If you take part you’ll get a £30 Love to Shop voucher to thank you.
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BSB publishes new guidance on barristers’ conduct in non-professional life and on social media. Read more on our website: buff.ly/3Pto4Km
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Barrister Henry Hendron ordered to be disbarred. Read more on our website: bit.ly/4cr1vQY
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BSB extends Future Bar Training consultation to include a new proposal from COIC and the Bar Council - read more bit.ly/2goG8GD
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Our Director General Mark Neale today had the pleasure of meeting Mr Sulaiman Banja Tejan-Sie and Mr Victor Lansana, Chairman and Secretary of the General Legal Council of the Republic of Sierra Leone, to discuss knowledge sharing on legal regulation @SierraLeoneHCUK @lansana_i
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For the avoidance of doubt, the Bar Standards Board does not treat enquiries from journalists as reports of potential misconduct, although we may take action of our own in response to information drawn to our attention by journalists or by others. (2/2)
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Unregistered barrister Godwin Okri disbarred for dishonest conduct when practising as a solicitor. bit.ly/2EGdGcz
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Our Board Member @_lesliethomas gives a Mid Term report on race in the November issue of Counsel Magazine: buff.ly/360vQoz
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Professor Rebecca Huxley-Binns appointed as independent reviewer of the BSB’s centralised BPTC exams in August: buff.ly/3jU2ehs
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Bar regulator seeks women’s experiences at the Bar, launches survey. Read more here bit.ly/1SLKQKA
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“#Barristers may be educated and sophisticated but they are still people and they still feel pressure. We need to understand them. As a regulator you have to take your people with you.” Read the @CounselMagazine interview with our Chair Kathryn Stone OBE: bit.ly/3WFnZs8.
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We have today launched a public consultation on new rules to promote equality, diversity and inclusion at the Bar. Please visit our website to read more: bit.ly/3XrkKoo
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In light of the COVID-19 situation, we’ve published some FAQs for current BPTC students, Bar Transfer Test candidates, and those intending to start Bar vocational training in September. Read them at: bit.ly/3dqdlN7
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Watch our Director General Mark Neale speak with @blackbeltbarrister about the role of the BSB and how we regulate barristers: buff.ly/458gn25.
#blackbeltbarrister #lawvlogs
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We have issued an update following delays with the On VUE platform during today’s BPTC exams: buff.ly/2PZVfqH
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Welcome to all those Called to the Bar yesterday. Please read our Booklet for some useful information: buff.ly/3yhtA9a
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Bar regulator announces important developments in the 2016 Bar Professional Training Course bit.ly/1OsL73z
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Barristers predict an increase in public access work - Bar Standards Board and @LSB_EngandWal joint statement bit.ly/1U4lhpD
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Professor Lisa Webley from the University of Westminster is presenting some interesting stats on the demographics of law students.
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We are delighted to celebrate #PrideMonth. We look forward to hearing more about @FreeBarLGBT's forthcoming event.
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Free speech and professional obligation: Striking the balance. Read more on our website: bit.ly/4htO19E
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Diversity at the Bar is gradually improving but more progress is needed, says BSB report: bit.ly/3ovARMK
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Now available for students and providers. Read the 2017-18 BPTC Handbook setting out the latest course requirements bit.ly/2vM2SpM
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BSB seeks views on shared parental leave for self-employed barristers - read about our new consultation #SPLBar bit.ly/2ggoZxf
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We were pleased to help to fund and contribute content to @LfL_Advicenow’s guidance for litigants in person (those who have to represent themselves in court): buff.ly/2zA2iS2.
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What do you know about lawyers? We have information about #barristers on our website: buff.ly/330pDVQ. Find out more about the different types of lawyer and their regulators from @thelawyerportal, @legal_choices and on @LSB_EngandWal’s website: buff.ly/38UW3aX.
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BSB to introduce a single recruitment timetable and written agreements for all pupillages. Read more at: bit.ly/31bxikU
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We are seeking responses to our consultation on the Professional Statement threshold standard. Over to you! bit.ly/1SmQ5gK
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We welcome all the new barristers who have been Called to the Bar. Please read our welcome booklet: buff.ly/2ORC031
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Anyone sitting a BPTC/BTT exam this month should visit buff.ly/33a1rnO, run the demo test software and learn how to navigate through computer-based examinations. Applies to those sitting online and test centre exams.
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Congratulations to those of you being called to the Bar today; our Call to the Bar Booklet is essential reading: buff.ly/2LEtGPH
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New research published to help inform Future Bar Training decisions bit.ly/2B27NHN
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Unregistered barrister Yasser Mahmood ordered to be disbarred. Read more on our website: bit.ly/3Nd17uq
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Our Director General Dr Vanessa Davies was pleased to participate in @Stephaniechayw1’s film about 100 years of women at the Bar: buff.ly/2Eu6cLa
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If you are representing yourself in court, find out what to expect from the #barristers who might appear on the other side. Learn about #McKenzieFriends and where to find more help as a #LitigantinPerson: bit.ly/42Kpd6A.
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Raggi Kotak, barrister at @OnePumpCourt, has written about her experience of delivering anti-oppression training in chambers: buff.ly/3hN5iLD #RaceEqualityCaseStudies
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BSB authorises new Northumbria University Bar training provision. Read more at: bit.ly/33MlQNk
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We were delighted to sign the #TimeToChange pledge last week with @thebarcouncil and to change the way we think and act about mental health at work.
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We have updated our FAQs for pupillage organisations in light of the current COVID-19 situation. You can read the latest FAQs here: bit.ly/2QMgjSl
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#Barristers if you are taking pupils from 1 September you should now be adapting your training programme and documentation ready for implementation of the Professional Statement. Read more: buff.ly/2GYtEC4
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If you are representing yourself in #court you can find out more about being a #litigantinperson on our website: bit.ly/42Kpd6A.
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Today also sees the removal of rules prohibiting barristers from expressing personal views on cases to the media barstandardsboard.org.uk/med…
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Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay @LawCareLtd support the legal profession with personal and professional problems. Call 08002796888 to talk
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#BCYBC16 Thanks for the wide-ranging discussion. And thanks for coming.
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We've published our Strategic Plan for 2019-2022.
⏺️Delivering risk-based, targeted and effective regulation
⏺️Encouraging an independent, strong, diverse and effective legal profession
⏺️Advancing access to justice in a changing market
➡️bit.ly/2U5gxCP
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New qualitative study explores how to address bullying, discrimination and harassment at the Bar. Read more at: buff.ly/3jSyaU3
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Congratulations to all of those being Called to the Bar today and tomorrow. Please read our booklet, which we designed especially for you: buff.ly/2ORC031
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BSB publishes candidate guide for August centralised assessments. Read more at: bit.ly/2ZiUVaJ. Please look out for messages from your BPTC/BTT provider about your own specific arrangements.
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