1. Respect for the law and for the freedom of the individual citizen depend to a large extent on the maintenance of high standards by all who practise in the Courts.

2. Amendments and additions to this Code may be made by the Bar in General Meeting or alternatively by resolution of the Bar Council, which shall be operative upon such date as the resolution shall appoint, but may be revoked or amended by the Bar in General Meeting. Amendments and additions will be published from time to time in such manner as the Bar Council may determine.

3. Existing rulings of the Bar Council which have not been embodied in this Code or its Annexes remain available for guidance. The "Conduct and Etiquette at the Bar" by W.W. Boulton also remains available for guidance but only in respect of matters not embodied in this Code.