The Legal Services Board (LSB) has recommended to the Lord Chancellor that the Bar Standards Board (BSB) should be permitted to regulate Alternative Business Structures (ABSs).

Director of Policy at the Bar Council Philip Robertson said: "Today's announcement paves the way for barristers who wish to do so to practise in BSB-regulated Alternative Business Structures. Giving barristers more freedom of choice as to how they provide legal services supports innovation and widens the range of options available to the consumer."

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Notes to Editors 

  1. Further information is available from the Bar Council Press Office on 020 7222 2525 and [email protected].

  2. The Bar Council represents barristers in England and Wales. It promotes: 

  • The Bar's high quality specialist advocacy and advisory services

  • Fair access to justice for all

  • The highest standards of ethics, equality and diversity across the profession, and

  • The development of business opportunities for barristers at home and abroad.

The General Council of the Bar is the Approved Regulator of the Bar of England and Wales. It discharges its regulatory functions through the independent Bar Standards Board