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Membership of the GRA Committee

Meet our Governance, Risk & Audit Committee members

Authorisations Team Service Update

This page is updated weekly (or more frequently) to reflect changes to our service, including the volume of work being completed by the team.

Meet our Advisory Pool of Experts

Find out more about who sits on our Advisory Pool of Experts (APEX).

Pupillage / work-based learning component - Professional Ethics Exam

On this webpage, you can learn more about the Professional Ethics assessment during the pupillage component of Bar training.

Current vacancies

On this page, you can find details about our current vacancies.

Part 1: About your Professional Ethics assessment

Important information about the Professional Ethics assessment for everyone.

9B: Amendments

The Bar Qualification Manual was first published on 1 April 2019. An updated and reformatted version of the entire manual was published on 9 November 2020. The table below will include details of amendments made to the Bar Qualification Manual after 9 November 2020 by section number/page title and by date. Date Section Number and Page Title Details of Amendments 17/11/2020 Part 3D - Centralised Assessments Amended link at paragraph 3 to 2020 version of standard setting technique document. 14/12/2020 Part 7A - Types of transferring lawyers Added links to new online application for transferring qualified lawyers via MyBar (para 5). 17/12/2020   Part 7A - Types of transferring lawyers Added links to new online application guidelines and amended 'valid to' dates ...

7A: Types of transferring lawyers

This section includes information on the different types of qualified lawyer who may apply for admission to the Bar of England and Wales on the basis of prior qualification(s) and experience. Overview 1  The rules regarding exemption from any of the individual components of Bar training are set out in the BSB Handbook  at Rules Q7-Q12 . 2  There are specific rules regarding exemptions granted to transferring lawyers. For details of those individuals or groups that may be entitled to Full Exemption from the components of Bar training, please see Part 7B of the Bar Qualification Manual . For details of those individuals or groups that may be entitled to Partial Exemption from the components of Bar training, please see ...

Board meetings

On this page, you can find information about our Board meetings including the dates and times of future meetings and the Board papers and minutes from past meetings.

Minimum Terms of Entity Cover

From this page, you can download information about our Minimum Terms of Entity Cover.

Sanction
Type
Disciplinary Tribunal (3 person)
Finding date
19/06/2024

Mr Matthew Adam Feargrieve

Sanction
Prohibited from being issued a practising certificate for 12 months (Sentence effective from 19 June 2024)
Type
Disciplinary Tribunal (3 person)
Finding date
19/06/2024

3B: Bar Training Syllabi

This section includes links to download the course syllabi for the Bar Training Course. 1  The Bar Training syllabi documents are for use by Bar Training students and AETOs, and Bar Transfer Test candidates. Bar Training Civil Litigation Syllabus 2024 (Sep 2023 - White Book 2023 Version) and Tracked Changes version Bar Training Criminal Litigation Syllabus 2024 (December 2023 - Blackstone's 2024 References Version) and Tracked Changes version Bar Training Criminal Litigation Syllabus 2024 (December 2023) Summary of changes Bar Training Civil Litigation Syllabus 2025 (September 2024 - White Book 2024 Version) and Tracked Changes version Bar Training Civil Litigation Syllabus 2025 (5 June 2024) Summary of changes 2  If you have any questions about the syllabi documents, you should contact your AETO.

Our regulatory decision-making policies

From this page, you can access all our regulatory decision-making policies.

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Barrister training: waivers & exemptions

Find out how to apply for waivers and exemptions from the various components of Bar training.