The Bar Handbook 2010-11

Foreword by the Chairman of the Bar Council for 2010 and the Chair of the Bar Standards Board 2010

Part I The Code Conduct of the Bar Council of England & Wales

Part II Qualifying as a Barrister and Entering Practice
Overall requirements
Pupillage
Continuing Professional Development
Professional Indemnity Insurance
Where can I get further support?

Part III In Practice
Accepting instructions
Public Access and Licensed Access
Getting paid?
Guidance in practice (including the Practice Management Guidelines and Equality & Diversity Code)
Revised Contractual Terms of Work (and related guidance) due to be implemented during the life-time of this volume. Comprehensive guidance relating to all dimensions of barristers’ practice

Part IV International Practice

Part V The Employed Bar

Part VI Sole practitioners

Part VII Regulation and the Bar Standards Board
Bar Standards Board
The complaints procedure
Quality Assurance and Chambers Monitoring
The role of the Bar Council
The Future (including: The Legal Services Act 2007, the Legal Services Board, the Office for Legal Complaints

Part VIII Taxation and Accounts

Part IX Taking silk and becoming a QC