Legal Complaints and Regulation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 Explanatory Notes

Section 23: Reporting failures to provide information or produce documents

Section 23 provides that where the Bar Complaints Committee considers that a barrister has failed to co-operate with it as required by section 22, the Committee can notify the General Council of the Bar, which can be required to report to the Committee what action it takes (and may do so even if the complaint is subsequently withdrawn).

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