Bar regulator apologises to leading lawyer

Standards board says criticism of Dinah Rose KC was ‘misplaced’

The Bar Standards Board has issued a public apology to Dinah Rose KC in connection with an allegation published by The Times yesterday.

The newspaper quoted the regulator as having told a complainant that Rose’s interpretation of one of the bar’s professional rules “might possibly amount to evidence of recklessness” if “taken at its highest”.

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