Further Guidance

Further Guidance, Regulatory and Complaints Information

Barristers in chambers are regulated by the Bar Standards Board. You can search the Barristers’ Register on the Bar Standards Board’s website: https://www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/regulatory-requirements/the-barristers'-register/. This wil provide you with

1. whether a barrister has a current practising certificate, and
2. whether a barrister has any disciplinary findings, which are published on the Bar Standards Board’s website in accordance with their policy.

Alternatively, you can contact the Bar Standards Board on 020 7611 1444 to ask about this (or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

For more information about Direct Access please visit The Bar Standards Board website.

Please click the below link which will provide you with information about:

• BSB public access for lay clients
• Our complaints procedure;
• Any right you may have to complain to the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) – the independent body which can help you if you have complained to your lawyer and are not happy with their response;
• How to complain to Legal Ombudsman; and
• Any time limits for making a complaint.

You can also search the decision data on Legal Ombudsman's website:

http://www.legalombudsman.org.uk/raising-standards/data-and-decisions/#ombudsman-decision-data.

This shows providers which received an ombudsman’s decision in the previous 12 months, and whether LeO required the provider to give the consumer a remedy. Alternatively, you can contact LeO on 0300 555 0333 to ask about this (or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).