I am not practising as a barrister but wish to maintain my practising certificate. What should I do?

You will need to complete the Authorisation to Practise renewal via MyBar.  

If your status is as a self-employed barrister you must use the same gross fee income figure you have or will be providing to BMIF for your 2024 renewal, less any proportion attributed to acting as an Umpire, Mediator or Arbitrator (entered against Code O from the BMIF form).  For clarity this will be the total fees you received (your Gross Fee Income) from practice at the Bar (without VAT) during the last calendar year, 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023.  If you have been asked by BMIF to provide projected income for their 2024 renewal, do not include any projected income for the purposes of our income declaration.  You are only required to provide your actual gross fee income as set out above.

If your status is as an employed barrister, you must declare the income band appropriate to your gross earnings for the tax year ending 5 April 2023. Gross earnings would be taken before any salary sacrifice or deduction of pension contributions.

If your status is as a dual capacity barrister i.e. as both an employed and a self-employed barrister, then you should aggregate your gross income under each separate status according to the rules for that status, as above.

If this is your first practising certificate renewal or you have no earnings in the relevant income periods as above, or you are on or returning from parental leave then you should choose band 1.