Bar Standards Board ‘failed to protect’ female barrister from online gender violence

Disciplinary hearing opens against Charlotte Proudman for saying a judge had shown a ‘boys’ club attitude’

A barrister has accused her professional regulator of failing to protect her from online gender violence, at the start of a disciplinary hearing against her for saying a judge had shown a “boys’ club attitude”.

Charlotte Proudman is alleged by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to have breached its professional standards but has been permitted to argue that the decision to bring proceedings against her constitutes discrimination because she is a woman and a feminist.