New barristers' conduct rule

23/01/2019

Bar standards

The Legal Services Council (LSC) has published the Legal Profession Uniform Conduct (Barristers) Amendment (Refusal of Briefs) Rule 2018. The new rule comprises r 101A of the Legal Profession Uniform Conduct (Barristers) Rules 2015 (r 101A) and replaces r 101(n). It commenced on 18 January 2019. View the new rule here.

The effect of r 101A is to reduce the period of prohibition on a barrister appearing before tribunals of which they were formerly a member, from five years to two; and to limit the retrospectivity of the prohibition.