Category: professional conduct

Regina v K

Court of Appeal

“A barrister without chambers who was deemed to be practising but not subject to the disciplinary rules of the Bar’s Code of Conduct was not entitled to provide immigration advice or services contrary to sections 84 and 91 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.”

The Times, 8th October 2008

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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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