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Our monthly Regulatory Updates

Read our latest Regulatory Update for the Bar and access previous months' Updates too.

Authorisations Team Service Update

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

Reporting concerns about barristers

On this page, we explain how to report concerns about the barristers and businesses we regulate.

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.

List of licences for instructing barristers

This is where you can find organisations and individuals that can instruct barristers via the Licensed Access scheme.

Mrs Saleema Bibi Mahmood

Sanction
Disbarred (sentence still to take effect). Suspended from practice for 12 months (sentence still to take effect) Suspended from practice for 6 months (sentence still to take effect) The BSB was ordered not to issue Ms Mahmood with a practising certificate pending any appeal.
Type
Disciplinary Tribunal (5 Person)
Finding date
06/10/2025

Consultations & responses

Get involved in our public consultations, read our responses to other consultations.

Current vacancies

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

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.

Pupillage forms

From this page, you can download a copy of the forms and guidance relating to registration of a pupillage, satisfactory completion of a pupillage, and notification of material changes to a pupillage.

Mr Timothy Mark Compton

Sanction
Reprimanded
Type
Disciplinary Tribunal (5 Person)
Finding date
24/09/2025

Resources for barristers practising in youth proceedings

These resources are for barristers who practise or plan to practise in youth proceedings. They include the BSB Youth Proceedings Competences and information to help barristers meet them. Barristers practising in youth proceedings should develop and maintain specialist knowledge and skills because they deal with some of the most vulnerable people in our justice system—children who often have complex needs and limited understanding of legal processes.

Mr Chan In Devin Sio

Sanction
Disbarred (Sentence effective from 10 October 2025)
Type
Disciplinary Tribunal (5 Person)
Finding date
18/09/2025