See the full list of consultations:
2020-present
2024
December
2025/26 practising certificate fee (PCF) and budget comsultation
The General Council of the Bar has published its 2025/26 practising certificate fee (PCF) and budget for consultation. We welcome views from the profession on the planned budget for 2025/26 and the proposal to increase PCF. We invite you to respond via the online survey. Find out more:
General Council of the Bar 2025/26 practising certificate fees and budget consultation
November
2023
November
2024/25 Practising Certificate Fee (PCF) and budget
The General Council of the Bar has published its 2024/25 Practising Certificate Fee (PCF) and budget for consultation. We welcome views from the profession on the planned budget for 2024/25 and the proposal to increase PCF, and invite you to respond. Find out more:
General Council of the Bar 2024/25 Practising Certificate Fees and Budget consultation
Consultation responses:
Bar Council response to LSB consultation on first-tier complaint (PDF)
Bar Council response to the Law Commission’s Supplementary Consultation paper on Wills
October
September
Conjoined Bars Statement of Principles in response to HM Treasury’s consultation on the reform of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing supervisory regime [PDF]
Bar Council - MoJ Open Justice consultation response [PDF]
Bar Council response to Bar Standards Board consultation on interim suspension [PDF]
Bar Council response to Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) Rights of Audience [PDF]
March
- Bar Council response to the HM Treasury consultation paper on the Reform of the Consumer Credit Act [PDF]
- Bar Council response to the BEIS consultation on Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement [PDF]
- Bar Council and CBA response to the Home Office’s Consultation on strengthening the law enforcement response to serious and organised crime [PDF]
2022
December
The General Council of the Bar has published its 2023/24 Practising Certificate Fees (PCF) and budget for consultation. We welcome views from the profession on the planned budget for 2023/24 and the proposal to increase PCF and invite you to respond. Find out more using the following link:
General Council of the Bar 2023/24 Practising Certificate Fees and budget consultation
Bar Council response to the Law Commission Review of the Arbitration Act 1996 consultation paper
October
June
Bar Council response to the Ministry of Justice Consultation on Legal Aid Means Test Review
Bar Council response to the Government's stakeholder engagement on short term business mobility
- View our short-term business travel needs of the Bar of England and Wales in follow up to the above (published February 2024)
April
March
2021
December
October
September
July
May
March
2020
December
Bar Council response to the Law Commission consultation on Harmful Online Communications
Bar Council response to the Law Commission consultation on Hate Crime Laws
Bar Council response to HMCTS Consultation on Covid-19 operating hours in the Crown Courts
North Eastern Circuit Response to HMCTS Covid-19 operating hours consultation
October
February
- Bar Council response to LSB Draft Business Plan 2020-21
- Bar Council response to the OLC Corporate Strategy 2020-23 consultation
- Bar Council response to the Law Commission consultation paper on Automated Vehicles
- Bar Council response to the ‘Unregulated Providers of Legal Services’ consultation paper
2016-2019
2019
July
- Bar Council response to Criminal Procedure Rule committee consultation: "A proposal to make new rules to provide for the exercise of judicial functions by authorised court officers"
- Bar Council response to Ministry of Justice's consultation on Coronial Investigations of Stillbirths
- Bar Council response to Ministry of Justice's consultation in Extending Fixed Recoverable Costs in Civil Cases
May
- Bar Council response to Law Commission Immigration Rules consultation
- Bar Council response to BEIS Confidentiality Clauses consultation
- Bar Council response to National Assembly of Wales's Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill consultation
- Bar Council response to Sentencing Council Expanded Explanations in Sentencing Guidelines consultation
2018
December
- Bar Council response to the Law Commission consultation paper 'Electronic execution of documents'
- Bar Council response to the Bar Standards Board's consultation paper 'Strategic programme for 2019-2022'
- Bar Council response to the Ministry of Justice consultation paper 'Reform of the legal requirements for divorce'
- Bar Council response to the Ministry of Justice consultation paper on the Independent Public Advocate
- Bar Council response to Bar Standards Board 'Rules Consultation on Transparency Standards'
- Bar Council response to Financial Conduct Authority consultation CP18/32: Recovering the costs of the Office for Professional Body Anti-Money-laundering Supervision (OPBAS): proposed fee rates for 2018/19
October
- Bar Council response to the Home Office consultation on Stop and Search
- Bar Council response to the Ministry of Justice consultation "Amending the Advocates' Graduated Fee Scheme"
- Bar Council response to the Ministry of Justice's consultation on the Post Implementation Review (PIR) of LASPO
- Bar Council response to the Law Commission consultation on the Draft Insurable Interest Bill, June 2018
August
- Bar Council response to the DEFRA consultation "Environmental Principles and Governance after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union”
- Bar Council response to QC Appointments consultation "QCA Appointments Scheme - Listing of Cases and Assessors"
- Bar Council response to the Ministry of Justice consultation "Part 39 Civil Procedure Rules: proposed changes - Open Justice"
- Bar Council response to the Ministry of Justice survey "Part 2 of the LASPO Act: Litigation Funding and Costs"
July
- Bar Council response to the Consultation on the sexual orientation and religion or belief monitoring within chambers and BSB entities
- Bar Council response to the Ministry of Justice consultation “Reconsideration of Parole Board decisions: creating a new and open system”
- Bar Council response to the QCA Appointments consultation "QCA Appointments Scheme - Character, Conduct and Integrity"
June
- Bar Council response to the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority ‘Protecting the users of legal services: balancing cost and access to legal services’
- Bar Council response to HM Government consultation: ‘Powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments’
- Bar Council supplementary response to the Legal Services Board’s review of the Internal Governance Rules
May
- Bar Council response to the Enforcement of Employment Rights Recommendations consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the Transforming the Response to Domestic Abuse consultation paper
- Bar Council response to Treasury Office Taylor Employment Status consultation paper
- Bar Council response to BSB Modernising Regulatory Decision-making consultation paper
- Bar Council response to Treasury Office Claims Management consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the call for evidence by the Commission on Justice in Wales
January
- Bar Council response to the Civil Justice Council Consultation on the future of ADR in Civil Justice
- Bar Council Response to the BSB Consultation on Future Bar Training
- Bar Council response to the Bar Standards Board consultation paper on transparency standards
- Bar Council response to Recovering the costs of the Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS): fees proposals
- Bar Council response to the Legal Ombudsman Strategy and Business Plan 2018-2019 consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the Law Commission’s third consultative document on the Sentencing Code
2017
September
- Bar Council response to Sentencing Council Child Cruelty consultation Sep 17
- Bar Council response to the ‘New Information and Registration Requirements for the Bar’ consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the Queen’s Counsel Appointments System ‘Dealing with Matters of Character, Conduct and Integrity’ consultation paper
- Bar Council response to GDPR Guidance on Contracts and Liabilities between Controllers and Processers
- Bar Council response to the OPBAS sourcebook consultation
- Bar Council response to the LSB enforcement policy and rules of procedure
- Bar Council response to the Changes to the Public and Licensed Access Rules consultation paper
May
- Bar Council and Criminal Bar Association response to the Protection of Official Data consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the Consultation on Introducing Fixed Recoverable Costs in Lower Value Clinical Negligence Claims
- Bar Council response to the Personal Injury Discount Rate: How It Should Be Set In The Future consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the Call for views on the General Data Protection regulation derogations
April
- Bar Council response to the Home Office consultation on the Investigatory Powers Act 2016: Codes of Practice
- Paper submitted by Vice Chairman of the Bar to Jackson LJ for Fixed Recoverable Costs Review Seminar
- Bar Council response to the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 Consultation
- Bar Council response to the Anti-Money Laundering Supervisory Regime: response and call for further information
- Bar Council response to the Great Repeal Bill White paper
- Bar Council response to EU Civil Law rules for Robotics
- Bar Council response to Public Consultation on the rules on liability of the producer for damage caused by a defective product
March
- Bar Council response to the Legal Ombudsman consultation on ‘Strategy and Business Plan 2017-2020’
- Bar Council response to the “Reforming the Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme” consultation paper
- Young Barristers’ Committee’s Response to the “Reforming the Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme” consultation paper
- A response from the Chairman of the Bar to the AGFS Consultation
- Bar Council response to the MOJ’s ‘Review of the introduction of fees in the Employment Tribunals’
- Bar Council response to the “Litigators’ Graduated Fee Scheme and Court Appointees” consultation paper
January
- Bar Council response to the ”Reforming the Soft Tissue Injury (‘whiplash’) Claims Process” consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the Constitution Committee inquiry: The Legislative Process Call for evidence on the delegation of powers consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the Consultation on the Future of Training for the Bar: Future Routes to Authorisation
- Bar Council response to the Fixed Recoverable Costs Review
- Bar Council Memorandum to HMRC on Finance Draft Bill 2017
2016
December
- Bar Council response to the MOJ’s consultation: Modernising judicial terms and conditions
- Bar Council response to the LSB Consultation on revised guidance for regulators on encouraging a diverse profession
- Bar Council response to the House of Commons’ Justice Committee Inquiry into the implications of Brexit for the justice system
- Bar Council & Criminal Bar Association response to the Law Commission Consultation ‘Reforming Misconduct in Public Office’ consultation paper
November
- Bar Council response to the Transposition of the Fourth Money Laundering Directive consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the ‘Section 69 Order to modify the functions of the Bar council’ consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the Transforming Our Justice System: Assisted Digital Strategy, Online Conviction and Statutory Fixed Fines consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the Transforming our Justice System: Panel Composition in Tribunals consultation paper
October
- Planning Law in Wales-Scoping Paper
- Bar Council response to the HMRC ‘Simplification of the tax and National Insurance treatment of termination payments: government response and consultation on draft legislation’ consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the House of Lords Constitution Committee Inquiry:The Legislative Process Call for Evidence (Stage 1: Preparing legislation for introduction in Parliament)
- Bar Council response to the HMRC “Strengthening Tax Avoidance Sanctions and Deterrents” consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the 13th programme of law reform consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the Fee-Paid Judicial Pension Scheme Draft Regulations
September
- Bar Council response to CMA Legal Services Market Study Interim Report
- Bar Council response to CMA initial questions on the reserved activities
- Bar Council response to the public consultation on the safety of apps and other non-embedded software
- Bar Council response to the SRA ‘Looking to the Future: Accounts Rules review’ consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the Looking to the future- flexibility and public protection consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the Law Commission Consultation Paper No. 228
June
- Bar Council response to the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber Fees consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the Anti-money Laundering/Counter-Terrorist Financing Action Plan - Annex A: Consultation on Legislative Proposals
- Bar Council response to the Call for Information: Anti-money laundering Supervisory Regime
- Bar Council response to the LSB ‘Changes to the rules made under section 51 of the Legal Services Act 2007’ consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the Reforming the courts’ approach to McKenzie Friends consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the ‘Short Consultation Paper on Draft Bill: Insurable Interest’
- Bar Council response on an 'Effective Insolvency Framework within the EU'
- Bar Council response to the Cabinet Office consultation on establishing common measures of socio-economic background
- Bar Council response to the Appeals to the Court of Appeal: proposed amendments to Civil Procedure Rules and Practice Direction consultation paper
- Bar Council response to the Law Commission consultation paper No.227 'Updating the Land Registration Act 2002'
- Bar Council CBA Response_Lammy Review of BAME Representation in the CJS Call for Evidence_30 June 2016
April
- Bar Council response to Law Commission Sentencing Code Project - second consultative document
- Claims Management Regulation – Consultation: Cutting the costs for consumers – Financial Claims
- Bar Council’s response to the BIS consultation on Terms and Conditions and Consumer Protection Fining Powers: Call for Evidence
- Bar Council response to consultation on first tier complaints handling
- Bar Council response to the Competition and Markets Authority follow-up questions on the legal market study
- Bar Council response to the Ministry of Justice consultation on "Compensation for loss of pension rights in employment tribunals"
March
- Bar Council response to the Solicitors Regulation Authority consultation paper: Training for Tomorrow: assessing competence
- Bar Council response to the Lord Justice Briggs consultation paper: Civil Courts Structure Review: Interim Report
- Bar Council response to Legal Services Board consultation on s.80 Order
- Bar Council response to the court fees consultation on proposals to reform fees for grants of probate
February
- Bar Council response to the Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs consultation paper: The International Tax Compliance (Client Notification) Regulations 2016
- Bar Council response to the Bar Standards Board consultation paper: Fees and Charges Consultation 2015
- Bar Council response to the Legal Services Board consultation paper: Draft business plan 2016/17 consultation
- Bar Council response to the Competition and Markets Authority consultation paper: Legal services market study
January
- Bar Council response to the Bar Standards Board consultation paper: Cost of licensing authorised BSB Alternative Business Structures
- Bar Council response to the Home Office consultation paper: Introducing a stalking protection order
- Bar Council response to the Civil Justice Council consultation paper: Property Disputes
- Bar Council response to the Law Commission consultation paper: Transfer of Title and Change of Occupancy Fees in Leaseholds