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Bereavement Policy
| Purpose: | Guide outlining a bereavement policy and providing a template for barristers and pupils |
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| Scope of application: | All barristers and chambers |
| Issued by: | Equality, Diversity and Social Mobility Committee |
| First reviewed: | 30/05/2025 |
This document includes some basic information as well as a bereavement policy template for barristers and pupils.
It includes a list of practical resources and links to more information (Annex A). We also recommend you view our resources on dealing with bereavement on the Wellbeing at the Bar website.
Please note: There is no legal or regulatory requirement to have a bereavement policy for self-employed barristers and pupils, but we recommend chambers has a policy to ensure the compassionate treatment of any barrister or pupil facing a bereavement.
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This document has been prepared by the Bar Council to assist barristers on matters of professional conduct and ethics. It is not “guidance” for the purposes of the BSB Handbook I6.4, and neither the BSB nor a disciplinary tribunal nor the Legal Ombudsman is bound by any views or advice expressed in it. It does not comprise – and cannot be relied on as giving – legal advice. It has been prepared in good faith, but neither the Bar Council nor any of the individuals responsible for or involved in its preparation accept any responsibility or liability for anything done in reliance on it. For fuller information as to the status and effect of this document, please see here.