Following the conclusion of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry in December 2024, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has continued to assess the available evidence of potential breaches of professional obligations by barristers involved in the Post Office cases and related litigation.
We have formed a dedicated staff team to carry out this work and have been liaising closely with the equivalent team at the Solicitors Regulatory Authority.
We have been considering the large amount of evidence arising from the Inquiry as well as other information. We are likely to move forward with regulatory action in a number of cases in the next few months with a view to starting to put cases in front of our Independent Decision-Making Body in the summer for decisions on whether disciplinary action is warranted.
We do not consider the evidence we have seen to date indicates that any members of the Bar present an ongoing risk to the public that requires the BSB to act immediately. However, it remains the case that should such evidence emerge then we would consider taking more immediate regulatory action.
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