R v K – WLR Daily

Posted August 18th, 2008 in barristers, immigration, law reports, professional conduct by sally

R v K [2008] EWCA Crim 1900; [2008] WLR (D) 294

“A person called to the Bar who had not found a place in chambers but fell within para 206.1 of the Code of Conduct was not thereby ‘authorised’ by the Bar Council to practise as a member of the profession whose members the Bar Council regulated for purposes of s 84 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; accordingly he was apt to be prosecuted for providing immigration advice or immigration services contrary to ss 84 and 91 of the 1999 Act.”

WLR Daily, 15th August 2008

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