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Fair Access to Work Guide
| Purpose: | To help chambers ensure fair, transparent, and equal access to work for all barristers |
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| Scope of application: | All barristers and chambers |
| Issued by: | Equality, Diversity and Social Mobility Committee |
| First reviewed: | 19/06/2025 |
| Status and effect: | Please see the notice at end of this page. This is not "guidance" for the purposes of the BSB Handbook I6.4. |
This guide and policy template covers the key areas we believe any fair access to work policy could cover, but we do not prescribe any specific approach. Every chambers will be different, and any policy will be influenced by chambers’ culture/established practice, the size of chambers, practice area and the wishes of members.
This guide is supported by our practice review guide and earnings monitoring toolkit.
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Download ( PDF )Important Notice
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.