Our barristers all trade as sole practitioners and are registered with and are regulated by the Bar Standards Board of England and Wales.
- The Bar Standards Board Handbook (which includes the Code of Conduct) can be accessed here.
- You can read more about the Bar Standards Board, here.
- You can search the Barristers’ Register on the Bar Standards Board’s website, here.
Contractual Terms
The contractual terms on which our barristers offer their services, in the absence of express agreement to the contrary, are set out in the Bar Council’s Standard Terms and Conditions For the Supply of Legal Services by Barristers to Authorised Persons 2026 (available here). Please note that these Terms apply to all Instructions received from Authorised Persons [defined as those who have been authorised by the Law Society or Solicitors Regulation Authority, or other approved regulators] for privately-funded work as from 23rd July 2026.
The Standard Terms apply only to cases where the barrister is paid by or through the Authorised Person. Most such cases will be privately funded matters but this can include publicly funded matters where the Authorised Person (usually a solicitor) is paid by the Legal Aid Agency and is then liable to pay counsel from those funds.
The Standard Terms do not apply where the barrister is paid directly by the Legal Aid Agency or by the Crown Prosecution Service.
Please note that all copyright and other intellectual property rights attaching to the barrister’s work product belongs to and remains with the barrister. Although the Authorised Person and the Lay Client have the right and licence to use the barrister’s work product for the particular case and purpose for which it was prepared, neither are entitled to use copies of the barrister’s work product for other purposes, including for the purpose of training an AI system of any form, without the express written permission of the barrister.
Professional Liability Insurance
Our barristers have professional liability insurance provided by the Bar Mutual Fund Limited. The minimum cover barristers must have is £500,000. Territorial coverage is world-wide subject to the terms of cover of the Bar Mutual.