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Supporting Colleagues, Pupils and Students with Dyspraxia

Purpose: An overview of dyspraxia and how it affects individuals; information for any member of the Bar with dyspraxia; guidance on what pupil supervisors and chambers can do to support individuals with dyspraxia; overview of legal and regulatory requirements which barristers and chambers must comply with (not legal advice)
Scope of application: All barristers and chambers
Issued by: The Disability Panel
First reviewed: 02/12/2020
Last reviewed: 02/12/2020
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 document:

  • Delivers an overview of dyspraxia and how it can affect individuals;
  • Provides information to barristers with dyspraxia (including pupils), pupil supervisors, chambers and other members of the Bar;
  • Demonstrates what pupil supervisors and chambers can do to support individuals with dyspraxia to achieve their potential;
  • And gives an overview of legal and regulatory requirements which individual barristers, and chamber, must comply with (please note it does not provide legal advice or guidance)

 


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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.

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