Administrative Rules

Question 1

Record keeping

Answer 1

rC87-88

Question 2

Things you must take reasonable steps to ensure chambers does

Answer 2

rC89-90, gC131-137 (guidance includes pupils and confidentiality)

Question 3

Administration of BSB entities

Answer 3

rC91-95 (like the section on administration of chambers - things you must take reasonable steps to ensure chambers does)

Question 4

Additional duties for HOLP of BSB entity

Answer 4

rC96

Question 5

BSB entity must not take on a new manager without approval from the BSB

Answer 5

rC98

Question 6

What you must notify clients in writing when instructed about complaints

Answer 6

rC99-102 (including point about how you must inform the intermediary about complaints if doing public access work)

Question 7

What website must say about complaints

Answer 7

rC103

Question 8

Complaints process

Answer 8

rC104-105

Question 9

Keeping documents and records about complaints

Answer 9

rC106-109

Question 10

Must take reasonable steps to ensure chambers has a written policy in relation to equality and diversity and complies with it, and complies with other E&D requirements

Answer 10

rC110, bold headings for other requirements

Question 11

Definition of reasonable steps for equality and diversity

Answer 11

rC111

Question 12

Allocation of unsigned work relates specifically to pupils, barristers of fewer then four years’ standing, and those returning from parental leave

Answer 12

rC112

Question 13

Action can be taken to remove disadvantage but positive discrimination is not allowed

Answer 13

gC146

Question 14

Pupillage funding rules

Answer 14

rC1193-118

Question 15

General price, service and redress transparency rules

Answer 15

rC159-163

Question 16

Extra price, service and redress transparency rules for public access for direct access

Answer 16

rC164-169

Question 17

Associations with others

Answer 17

rC79-80

Question 18

Organisations in which you have a material commercial interest

Answer 18

rC81-85

Question 19

Acting as a supervisor for an immigration advisor

Answer 19

rC85A

Question 20

Must be in client’s best interests to refer to an organisation in which you have a commercial interest

Answer 20

gC124

Question 21

Should not act in an association with a person whereby simply by doing so you are likely to bring the profession into disrepute

Answer 21

gC126

Question 22

Outsourcing

Answer 22

gC86

Question 23

Outsourcing rules apply to clerking but not clients outsourcing or pupils

Answer 23

gC127-130

Question 24

Legal advice centres

Answer 24

rS41-42

Question 25

Only accept fee agreements that arel legal

Answer 25

rC9.7

Question 26

Prohibition on referral fees

Answer 26

rC10 and guidance

Question 27

Must not handle client money

Answer 27

rC73-75 and guidance

Question 28

Insurance

Answer 28

rC76-78

Question 29

Public access

Answer 29

gC119-131 Requirements for qualification, need for a qualified person who is public access trained, need to consider whether in their best interests to instruct a solicitor, what you must tell them when you instruct (also to intermediary), records and documents See also transparency rules.

Question 30

Licensed access

Answer 30

rC131-141

Question 31

No practice without authorisation

Answer 31

rS6, rS7-12

Question 32

Legal services carried out by practising barristers regulated by BSB

Answer 32

rS17

Question 33

Need BSB approval to practise in more than one capacity

Answer 33

rS18

Question 34

Pupils need permission of HOC to carry out legal services

Answer 34

rS19

Question 35

Need for a qualified person

Answer 35

rS20

Question 36

Scope of practice as self-employed barrister

Answer 36

rS23-26

Question 37

No conduct of client's general affairs

Answer 37

rS25

Question 38

Scope of practice as a BSB Entity

Answer 38

rS27-30

Question 39

Scope of practice as a manager of a BSB entity or as an employed barrister

Answer 39

rS31-34

Question 40

Scope of practice as a manager of an authorised (non-BSB) body or as an employed barrister (authorised non-BSB body)

Answer 40

rS35-37

Question 41

Scope of practice as an employed barrister (non-authorised body)

Answer 41

rS38-39

Question 42

Legal advice centres

Answer 42

rS41-42, gS9-11

Question 43

Barristers authorised by other approved regulators

Answer 43

rS43