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Getting verified

What is checked, what the badge means, and what it does not mean.

Open this page Reviewed 24 September 2026

Step by step

  1. Enter your enrolment details exactly Bar council, enrolment number and year of enrolment, as they appear on your certificate. A digit out is the commonest reason a check stalls.
  2. Wait for the check A person compares the details with the bar council record. Your dashboard says "verification pending" until it clears.
  3. Keep using the portal meanwhile Everything works. Only your standing in public search is affected.
  4. Fix anything queried If something does not match you will be told what. Correct it and the check runs again.

Worth knowing

  • The badge says the enrolment details are genuine. It is not a rating, a recommendation, or any statement about the quality of your work — and it is presented that way to clients.

Questions

My enrolment is in one state and I practise in another.
Normal. Enrol where you are enrolled; list the courts you actually appear in.
Can I lose the badge?
It is removed if the details stop matching the record.

Next

Your practice profile What clients see, which fields search uses, and the ones worth spending ten minutes on. Getting started as an advocate From a blank practice profile to a listing clients can book, and the portal working underneath it.
All guides Reviewed 24 September 2026