Requirement to register youth court work
Barristers must tell us if they have accepted instructions for youth court work in the last 28 days or plan to do youth court work in the next 12 months (BSB Handbook rS59.6).
When barristers do this, they declare they meet our Youth Proceedings Competences, which set out the specialist competence standards we expect all barristers practising in this area to meet. This does not mean a barrister declares their competence to undertake any case in the youth courts. Rather, it means they declare their competence to undertake the cases in the youth courts in which they are instructed or likely to be instructed.
Publication of information about youth court registration
We publish information about barristers’ registration of youth court work on The Barristers’ Register, which is publicly available.
How to register youth court work
We ask fully qualified barristers, including those completing a third six pupillage, to register youth court work as part of the annual Authorisation to Practise process.
We ask pupil barristers to register if they plan to do youth court work in the second six of their pupillage when they get their provisional practising certificate.
Barristers must register youth court work within 28 days of accepting instructions if they take it on unexpectedly or without registering their intention to do it as part of Authorisation to Practise or the provisional practising certificate process (BSB Handbook rS64.5).
Fully qualified barristers, including those completing a third six pupillage, need to do this by updating their MyBar profile. Pupil barristers need to email [email protected]
How to unregister
Fully qualified barristers who stop undertaking or planning to undertake youth court work can unregister at any time through MyBar. Pupil barristers can unregister by emailing [email protected]
Failing to register youth court work
We may revoke or refuse to issue a practising certificate if a barrister fails to register youth court work as required (BSB Handbook rS59.6). Barristers have a broader obligation to promptly provide any information we require for our regulatory functions and inform us of any significant changes to that information (BSB Handbook rS64.1)
