Access To The Bar Committee
Chairman:
Mr Peter Arden QC
Vice-Chairmen:
Mr Mark Cunningham QC
Mr Marc Beaumont
Mr Kevin Leigh
Secretary:
Miss Jess Campbell
The Access to the Bar Committee reports to the Legal Services Committee. The Terms of Reference are:
a. To keep under review the provisions of the Code of Conduct relating to Public Access to the Bar and the Licensed Access Scheme, issue guidance as appropriate and to make recommendations to the Bar Standards Board as necessary;
b. To promote Public Access;
c. To promote Licensed Access;
d. To monitor the work of external organisations which work with barristers through Public or Licensed Access;
e. To assume responsibility for all of the above in relation to any other forms of Direct Access, (save that which is already permissible under the International Practice Rules).
The Access to the Bar Committee organised the A2B day on 27 November 2008. As part of this day, an independent report was commissioned by Professor John Flood of the University of Westminster. The report is available on this website. A summary is also available here.
