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  Bar Standards Board (City of London) Headquarters of the Bar Standards Board within the City of London | |
| Abbreviation | BSB |
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| Formation | January 1, 2006 |
| Headquarters | 289–293 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7HZ |
Chair | Kathryn Stone |
Vice Chair | Andrew Mitchell |
| Website | www |
The Bar Standards Board regulates barristers in England and Wales for the public interest.
It is responsible for:
- Setting standards of conduct for barristers and authorising barristers to practise;
- Monitoring the service provided by barristers to assure quality;
- Setting the education and training requirements for becoming a barrister as well as setting continuing training requirements to ensure that barristers’ skills are maintained throughout their careers; and
- Handling complaints against barristers and taking enforcement or other action where appropriate
The BSB's functions were originally carried out by the General Council of the Bar, the barristers' representative body, until 2006 when the Bar Council created the BSB as an independent regulator. The Legal Services Board has once - in 2013 - questioned the independence of the BSB from the Bar Council.[1]
- ^ "Brothers In Arms?" Legalfutures.co.uk, 13 December 2013. (Retrieved 18 December 2013.)