The Bar Standards Board (BSB) looks set to introduce compulsory performance appraisals of barristers as part of a new-look strategy to be unveiled later this month.

As first revealed on legal-week.com (10 November), the regulator’s proposals, devised by a working group that includes 3 Stone Buildings’ Geoffrey Vos QC, are likely to include regular assessments of all barristers in an effort to improve quality at the Bar.