Barristers

• The governing body of barristers is the Bar Council.
• The Bar Standards Board is responsible for regulating the Bar.
• Their main role is advocacy (presenting cases in court).
• They share offices called Chambers with other barristers, and the sets of Chambers are managed by the clerk.
• Barristers work according to the ‘cab rank’ rule. They are obliged to accept any work in a field in which they claim to be competent to practise.
• The four Inns of Court are Inner Temple, Middle Temple, Gray’s Inn and Lincoln’s Inn.
• The Inns provide accommodation, education and provide activities, must dine 12 times.
• Barristers are regulated by the Bar Standards Board.