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27 June 2024
BSB publishes its Coroners' Courts Evaluation Report
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19 June 2024
Unregistered barrister Matthew Adam Feargrieve is prohibited from obtaining a practising certificate for 12 months
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10 June 2024
Barrister James Patrick Dean ordered to be disbarred
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6 June 2024
The University of Hertfordshire’s authorisation with the Bar Standards Board-update
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6 June 2024
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29 May 2024
BSB participates in the London Legal Walk
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22 May 2024
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21 May 2024
BSB implements amendments to widen its powers to protect the public
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9 May 2024
Unregistered barrister Mary Poku is prohibited from obtaining a practising certificate for 24 months
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9 May 2024
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8 May 2024
Compromise, compromise: A regulator’s view of the Legal Services Act 2007
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2 May 2024
Unregistered barrister Barry Harwood ordered to be disbarred
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2 May 2024
The Bar Standards Board publishes two reports on pupillage recruitment at the Bar
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29 April 2024
Barrister Peter Wareing ordered to be disbarred
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25 April 2024
The Bar Standards Board boosts the accessibility of its website using innovative new software
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23 April 2024
BSB commissions research on digital exclusion
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12 April 2024
The Bar Standards Board publishes the Fieldfisher review of its enforcement system
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11 April 2024
Barrister Stephen Simon Nicholas Taylor ordered to be suspended from practice for six months
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11 April 2024
Bar Standards Board publishes its Data and Intelligence Strategy
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8 April 2024
Unregistered barrister Andrew Begg, prohibited from obtaining a practising certificate for five years
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