The provision of legal services is evolving whether it be in relation to legal aid, future business models for chambers, opening up access to the Bar, the formation of the Bar Standards Board (an independent, ring-fenced regulator operating in the public interest) or the reforms being made by the Legal Services Act 2007. With it, the Bar Council’s role as the governing body of the profession has continued to evolve. There has therefore never been a better time to gather together all the current advice and good practice material produced by the Bar Council, ordered and contextualised by the authors, with a structure following the chronology of a career at the Bar.

The Bar Handbook is a practical handbook bringing together, for the first time, details and guidance relating to a barrister’s professional obligations, parameters of work, permitted charging arrangements, ability to get paid, getting redress when not paid, tax and VAT liabilities, insurance, practice planning and good practice advice, and relevant statutory and regulatory references, for all barristers be they self-employed or sole practitioners, employed, publicly or privately funded.

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