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Attend one of our events

Find out about our forthcoming public events and external events to which we are invited to speak.

Policy decisions

Learn about how we make policy decisions by engaging with our stakeholders and, if the decision involves changing our rules, obtaining approval from the Legal Services Board.

2023-24 Independent Decision-Making Body Annual Report

Read the 2023-24 Independent Decision-Making Body annual report.

Authorising organisations

On this page, you can read about the work we do to authorise various types of organisations.

Archive of Strategic and Business Plans

This page contains an archive of all our old Strategic and Business Plans.

2023-24 Regulatory Decisions Report

Read the Bar Standard Board's 2023-24 Regulatory Decisions report.

Taking enforcement action

This page gives an introduction to our work to enforce barristers’ professional obligations as set out in the BSB Handbook.

The education and training of barristers

Read about our role in the education and training of barristers, and that of the Inns of Court.

Disqualified persons

In some cases, we can make a Disqualification Order against the employee of someone we regulate. This prevents that employee from working for anyone else we regulate in the future.

Our regulatory decision-making policies

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

Annual Reports, Enforcement Reports and Regulatory Decisions Reports

This page contains an archive of all our past Annual Reports, our Regulatory Decisions Reports, our past annual Enforcement Reports and other corporate publications.

Assuring the competence of barristers

This page explains our approach to assuring the competence of barristers.

Barristers with interim suspensions or interim conditions

In some cases, we can suspend or place conditions on a barrister’s Practising Certificate while they are waiting for their case to be heard by a Disciplinary Tribunal. This is known as an interim suspension. 

Maintaining standards of barristers' conduct

On this page, you can learn more about our work to maintain standards of conduct at the Bar.

Current vacancies

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

Bar Training Reports

Read the Bar Standard Board's bar training reports from 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Who we regulate

More information about the individuals and organisations we regulate.