Bar ethics chiefs issue advice and warning to criminal bar – The Bar Council
‘Barristers who were not trial counsel, but who are instructed to represent convicted defendants in the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal have been given new guidance by the Bar Council’s Ethics Committee on their duty to check the factual basis for the appeal or risk criticism and action by the court.’
The Bar Council, 7th September 2016
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk