Tag: Bar Standards Board

BSB: A response to BPTC students’ exam concerns

We will seek to ensure online assessment arrangements are fair for all, writes BSB director of regulatory operations Oliver Hanmer

Jun 3 2020 10:10am

BPTC students urge regulator to reconsider COVID-19 exam plans

93% of bar hopefuls surveyed believe BSB's proposals will negatively impact their performance

Jun 2 2020 9:13am

Bar regulator’s COVID-19 exam proposals could prejudice female students

Former BPTC student and future barrister Sarah Ismail considers why

May 29 2020 9:10am

COVID-19: Bar exams to go online

But not before August

May 13 2020 1:17pm

Bar bigwigs take temporary pay cuts in wake of COVID-19

Bar Council and BSB tighten belts as they brace for ‘significant drop in income’

Apr 30 2020 2:03pm

Drunk deputy head of chambers headbutted junior female colleague outside Calvin Klein underwear store

Details of assault conviction for suspended Rashid Ahmed now revealed

Apr 1 2020 11:14am

LPC and BPTC students urge regulators not to delay exams amid virus pandemic

Petitions demand that wannabe lawyers be allowed to take assessments at home

Mar 19 2020 9:10am

Regulator postpones centralised BPTC exams

Decision follows new government guidance to combat spread of COVID-19

Mar 17 2020 11:16am

Barrister fails to overturn £1,000 fine for ‘racially charged’ tweet

High Court rejects argument Twitter is 'famously rude and offensive'

Mar 2 2020 11:24am

BSB to introduce single pupil barrister recruitment timetable

Standardised approach will be 'fairer', says regulator

Feb 3 2020 9:11am

Bar diversity latest: white, male and privately educated

Profession becoming gradually more diverse, says regulator -- but 'more to be done'

Jan 31 2020 11:32am
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SRA waited three years to stop disbarred bomb hoax barrister from working for solicitors

Exclusive: Michael Shrimpton has been arguing cases in court despite being disbarred

Jan 27 2020 9:04am

Controversial barrister suspended for two years over ‘obscene’ tweets

Barbara Hewson banned from practice over foul-mouthed social media posts

Dec 19 2019 12:32pm

BSB boosts minimum pay for pupil barristers following annual review

£18,866 in London and £16,322 elsewhere -- from 1 January 2020

Nov 21 2019 8:48am

Reprimand for barrister and former UKIP activist who failed to turn up at court

Richard Hendron put an 'ill-prepared second-six pupil' in his place

Nov 14 2019 11:38am

Barrister banned over indecent images conviction

Leicester Uni law grad jailed for 12 months

Nov 13 2019 11:38am
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Olympic bomb hoax barrister banned from legal profession

Michael Shrimpton, who was disbarred in 2018, subject to further regulatory action -- this time by the SRA

Nov 5 2019 10:24am

Lord Keen QC cleared of professional misconduct after firearms conviction

Top Scottish lawyer appeared before a disciplinary tribunal

Oct 29 2019 2:43pm

10 month suspension for barrister who posted ‘offensive’ comments on Facebook

Less than a week after regulator issued fresh guidance on social media etiquette

Oct 28 2019 8:30am