Our Board Find out who is on our Board and access information on past and future Board meetings. The Bar Standards Board is made up of a combination of lay people and barristers. It has a lay majority and lay Chair.
I very much look forward to working with him in the new role as Chair in taking forward our reforms of the Bar Standards Board and in setting a new strategic direction to ensure that the profession continues to serve the public interest." Contact: for all media enquiries call 07432 713 328 or email press@barstandardsboard.org.uk. The former chair of CILEX. Congratulating Professor Christopher Bones on his appointment, Barbara Mills KC, Chair of the Bar Council, said: "We offer our congratulations to Professor Christopher Bones on his appointment as Chair of the Bar Standards Board.
From Parliamentary standards to barrister standards - Kathryn Stone OBE, Chair of the Bar's regulator, talks to Anthony Inglese CB about roots, respect and reviews 'In careers advice at my school in Derby, the Bar didn't really come up for anyone. Bones chaired CILEX between 2018 and 2024, was Dean of Henley Business School between 2005 and 2010, and is a former executive at Diageo and other drinks industry companies. He currently chairs the Board of Trustees of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and is a commissioner at the Judicial Appointments Commission, among other posts.
Barbara Mills KC, chair of the Bar. The Bar Standards Board is dedicated to overseeing the professional standards of barristers in England and Wales. We ensure that our legal profession remains effective, accountable, and representative of society.
The Bar Standards Board said Friday that it has appointed a former chair of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives and an experienced board director from the business world as its next chair. The department encompasses the Bar Standards Board (BSB)'s end-to-end enforcement processes and is responsible for regulatory decisions about barristers who are regulated by the BSB. Saima joined the BSB in January 2023 from the Nursing and Midwifery Council and brings a wealth of regulatory, casework and leadership experience.
Kathryn Stone OBE, chair of the Bar Standards Board (BSB), will step down from her role later this summer to join the Police, Fire and Rescue Inspectorate. In January 2018, Stone joined the bar.
