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Undertakings
| Purpose: | To assist barristers to identify whether and when they may give professional undertakings as barristers, and to identify some practical considerations |
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| Scope of application: | All barristers |
| Issued by: | The Ethics Committee |
| First reviewed: | 01/06/2015 |
| Last reviewed: | 01/11/2022 |
| Status and effect: | Please see the notice at the end of this document. This is not “guidance” for the purposes of the BSB Handbook I6.4. |
Meaning of undertaking – Distinction between personal undertaking and one given on behalf of someone else – Examples of professional undertakings – Giving undertakings as a barrister – Obligations to give undertakings – Obligations to comply with undertakings – Insurance – Dos and don’ts.
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