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Purpose: | Guide to provide additional information for members of the Bar and their employees. |
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Scope of application: | All barristers and chambers |
Issued by: | The Equality, Diversity and Social Mobility Committee |
First reviewed: | 04/06/2024 |
Last reviewed: | 04/06/2024 |
Status and effect: | Please see the notice at end of this document. This is not "guidance" for the purposes of the BSB Handbook I6.4. |
This guide supplements the existing Bar Council Trans inclusion statement and provides additional information for members of the Bar and their employees. A draft policy is also included. A checklist of what you might want to say to clients, colleagues etc. developed jointly by a clerk and a member who has transitioned is also available upon request (email: equality@barcouncil.org.uk)
Download: Bar Council Gender Reassignment and Trans Guide :
Download ( PDF )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.