Who exactly are non-practising barristers? Those who have retired or have chosen to pursue a career away from law. Well, yes – and this is the answer that most people would give. But many non-practising barristers can also be found beavering away in your legal department.
Under the Bar Council’s Code of Conduct (Part II. Paragraph 201), a ‘practising barrister’ is one “who supplies legal services and, in connection with the supply of such services, holds himself out or allows himself to be held out as a barrister”.
