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The guidance you've been waiting for is here

The Bar Council guidance has landed. Is your training built around it — or just aware of it?

Online CPD training built specifically for chambers. BSB Handbook 5.0 is live, the Bar Council/BSB protocol is agreed, and the Commissioner for Conduct is in post — chambers no longer have a reason to wait, only a decision to make about what "proactive" actually looks like.

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The wait is over

For months, sensible chambers held off finalising their training decision because the framework wasn't finished. That was the right call. It isn't moving anymore — and what chambers train on next is now the only open question.

BSB Handbook 5.0's revised complaints arrangements took effect on 15 June 2026.
The Bar Council and the BSB have agreed and published their referral protocol for reports of bullying, harassment and sexual harassment.
The Commissioner for Conduct is in post and Talk to Spot is live.
The Bar Council Toolkit sits alongside the Harman Review's recommendations as the working definition of what "proactive" chambers now do.

Where chambers actually are right now

We talk to chambers every week. Here's our honest answer to the three positions that come up most.

No pressure, no scare tactics — just the facts as they stand today.

"We were waiting for the guidance before committing to training."

Understandable — and now resolved. The guidance is out, it's settled, and Wdidi's Bar programme is built directly around it: the Commissioner for Conduct's role and Talk to Spot process, the agreed BSB/Commissioner referral protocol, the revised Conduct Rules, and the Bar Council Toolkit's training recommendations. A short call will show you exactly where each piece of guidance sits inside the course.

"We're already committed to Briefed."

Then you're already ahead of chambers who've done nothing — and that's worth something. Ask whichever provider you've chosen a direct question: does their content already reflect Handbook 5.0, the finalised protocol, and the new Conduct Rule exemptions — as they stand today? Wdidi's platform updates in real time. And Wdidi is built by Julia Gidney, a former employment law Partner with 30+ years handling real complaints and claims from the employer side, not written by barristers describing the Bar to itself. We're not asking you to leave an existing contract — just to benchmark it, for free.

"We've already allocated this year's budget."

Then let's talk about next year's, now, while you have the headroom to plan properly. Wdidi is £180 (+VAT) per person, £150 (+VAT) on bulk purchase — less than the cost of a single hour's fee note in most sets. 12 months' access means you can plan enrolment now and go live exactly when your new budget opens.

What proactive actually looks like

Built for the Bar, not adapted for it

Written directly for chambers and the employers of those working at the Bar.

Role-specific

Separate tracks for barristers & pupils and for chambers employees & workers.

Fully current

Covers the Commissioner for Conduct, Talk to Spot, the agreed protocol and revised Conduct Rules — updated as the framework moves.

120 minutes of qualifying CPD

Six focused modules: Introduction, Regulatory Safeguards, Behavioural Expectations, Bullying, Unlawful Harassment, Sexual Harassment.

12 months' on-demand access

No fixed Zoom slot to coordinate across a diary-heavy chambers.

Full audit trail

Auto-enrolment and auto-messaging, so the person managing this doesn't inherit a second job.

I wish I'd had these courses when I was Group Head of People & Compliance for major international organisations.

Julia Gidney — Founder, Wdidi

Julia is a former leading UK employment law Partner and Group Head of People & Compliance, and remains on the Solicitor's Roll of England & Wales as a non-practising solicitor. She has handled employee complaints, claims and disputes of every kind across a 30-year career, and leads all Wdidi content personally.

Compare before you decide

Feature	Bar Council 2hr Course	Briefed	Wdidi Comprehensive Programme
Format	Live Zoom, fixed slot	Online, self-paced	On-demand, self-paced
Access	One-time	Certificate valid 1 year	12 months, unlimited
Price (per person)	£190 (+VAT)	£354.00	£180 (+VAT), £150 bulk
CPD	120 mins	Not published	120 mins
Role-specific modules	—	Single combined course	✓ Barristers/pupils & employees/workers
Auto-enrolment & messaging	—	Not published	✓
Audit trail	—	Not published	✓
Bespoke branding/policy options	—	Not published	✓

Bar Council and Briefed figures as published on barcouncil.org.uk and getbriefed.com (Anti-Bullying and Harassment Training 2026, academy.getbriefed.com) — checked 20 July 2026. Fields marked "Not published" weren't stated on the provider's public course page at time of checking; confirm directly with the provider before quoting a comparison.

Frequently asked questions

We've read the Bar Council Toolkit already — isn't that enough?

Reading it is step one. The BSB expects it demonstrably applied through role-specific, recent training — not just circulated as a PDF. Wdidi turns the Toolkit's recommendations into structured, trackable, CPD-bearing modules with an audit trail to prove it happened.

We're mid-contract with another provider — can we still talk to you?

Yes, and we'd encourage it. A benchmarking call costs nothing and means you're not caught out at renewal without a comparison in hand.

Our budget for this year is committed. What's the point of a demo now?

Getting your management committee the comparison now means the decision for next year's budget is already made by the time the new cycle opens — not rushed through in Q4.

How fast can we go live?

Bulk enrolment needs only learner first names, last names and email addresses. Most chambers are live within days of signing off.

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