Bar Standards Board

Bar Standards Board
Chair of the Bar Standards Board	Vacant
Barrister	Vacant
Type	Public body
Founded	2006
Regulates	Barristers
Entry	The BSB test
Headquarters	289 to 293 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7HZ

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) regulates barristers: the specialist advocates who represent clients in court. It decides who may practise as a barrister and sets the standards they must keep.

History

The BSB was set up in 2006 to take over regulation from the Bar Council, which continues to represent barristers, so that the profession would no longer regulate itself.

Role

In UKOGB a member must pass the BSB's test, on the law and on the rules of conduct, before they can practise as a barrister and represent clients in the courts of HM Courts and Tribunals Service. Barristers who pass get the Barrister role in the Discord server. The BSB can also discipline barristers who break its rules.

Positions

In UKOGB the Bar Standards Board is run by members who hold its posts on the website. Its head is the Chair of the Bar Standards Board, who can edit the organisation's page, appoint people to its other roles and speak for it in public. The current holders are shown in the box on this page and on the organisation's page on the website, and each post brings its own Discord roles and website permissions.

• Chair of the Bar Standards Board (head)
• Barrister