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04 September 2008
Issue: 7335 / Categories: Case law , Profession , Law digest , Immigration & asylum
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Legal Profession

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R v K [2008] EWCA Crim 1900, [2008] All ER (D) 93 (Aug)

A person falling within para 206.1 of the Bar’s Code of Conduct is not “authorised” by the Bar Council to practise as a member of the profession whose members it regulates.

Accordingly, a non-practising barrister who falls within para 206.1 of the code is not qualified to provide immigration advice or immigration services for the purposes of s 84 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

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