The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is in the final stages of drawing up plans to regulate barristers, in preparation for the next round of reforms under the Legal Services Act (LSA). The BSB is planning to lift a ban in its code of conduct that would prevent barristers from becoming managers alongside solicitors within Legal Disciplinary Partnerships (LDPs), when they come into force in March 2009.Proposals from the Bar will leave entity-based regulation to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), with the BSB opting to monitor barristers only on an individual basis.
December 11, 2008 at 12:11 AM
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The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is in the final stages of drawing up plans to regulate barristers, in preparation for the next round of reforms under the Legal Services Act (LSA).
The BSB is planning to lift a ban in its code of conduct that would prevent barristers from becoming managers alongside solicitors within Legal Disciplinary Partnerships (LDPs), when they come into force in March 2009.
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