Originally Posted by
Tobias-UK
All barristers, when called to the Bar, agree to be bound by a Code of Conduct which is regulated by the Bar Standards Board (the Code of Conduct is contained in the BSB Handbook and can be viewed by anyone). There is nothing I have read in any press report so far, or seen in the video mentioned above, that would cause me to believe the chap's behaviour fell short to the degree that the General Council of the Bar or the BSB would wish to instigate disciplinary measures.
Is there not a catch-all " ... bring the profession into disrepute" in the Code of Conduct ?
Anyway, that's probably irrelevant, since the modern equivalent "don't be such a knob that you get yourself all over the internet" now overrides.