Supporting Details Form for Membership of the Bar Standards Board

Personal Details
Name (including title):
Email:
Telephone/ mobile:
Address:
How did you hear about this vacancy?
Candidate Status
Please note – If you have ever been professionally qualified as a lawyer of any sort anywhere in the UK, you will normally NOT be a lay person, irrespective of whether you ever practised as a lawyer. If you are in doubt, please contact us to clarify.
Are you a barrister? / Yes / No
If yes, are you currently practising?
If you are a barrister, what was your date of call?
Which post are you applying for? / Barrister Member
Other Memberships
If you are currently a member of a Bar Standards Board Committee, please state which:
If you currently hold memberships elsewhere please provide details:
Meeting Attendance
Having read the information pack do you undertake that you are able to attend Board meetings and any necessary induction training and do the necessary preparatory work?
Declarations of Interest
Please provide a summary of details of other organisations with which you are involved
Vetting
Do you have any convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not "protected" as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013)?
The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected' and are not subject to disclosure to employers, and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website.
Can you provide evidence of your legal right to live & work in the UK? / Yes / No
Do you have any of the following? / Civil Claims: Yes / No
Findings of Professional Misconduct: Yes/ No
Inadequate Professional Service (IPS) Claims: Yes / No
Disciplinary, Professional Conduct or Regulatory Proceedings of any kind taken against you: Yes / No
A live investigation by another regulator or professional body: Yes/ No
If you have answered yes to any of the above, please provide further details:
Reasonable Adjustments
The Bar Council/BSB operates the Two Ticks scheme. If you are disabled you have the option of answering “YES” in the adjacent box and if you meet the essential criteria for this post you will be guaranteed an interview. The information you provide will be used solely for the purposes of meeting the BSB’s obligations and commitments under the Two Ticks scheme. / PLEASE INDICATE YES OR NO by removing one of the statements below:
Yes I would like or No I would not like my application to be considered in accordance with the Two Ticks scheme.
References
Please supply the details of four referees. References will not be sought until we obtain your express permission to contact your referees. This may be at the interview stage.
Name :
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Data Protection
The BSB intends to provide the information on this form to the appointments panel for the purpose of recruitment and selection. It is the policy of the BSB/Bar Council to retain recruitment records on computer and in a manual system. This is for monitoring purposes and in the event of the BSB wishing to contact previous applicants for new posts. Recruitment records are held for six months.
I consent to the information provided by me on this form being processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Data Protection Statement above.
Declaration
I declare that the information given in this application is true to the best of my knowledge.
I understand that if I knowingly provide false information I may be disqualified or have my appointment terminated.
Signed: Date: