Response to Bar Standards Board proposal to amend Core Duty 8
Recently, the Barrister Standards Board (BSB) published proposals to change one of its core duties pertaining to equality. The proposed change to Core Duty 8 is to replace a duty to not discriminate unlawfully (a negative duty) to ‘You must act in a way that advances equality, diversity and inclusion.’ We asked a barrister to comment on the proposal and its implications.