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
BPTC students urge regulator to reconsider COVID-19 exam plans
93% of bar hopefuls surveyed believe BSB's proposals will negatively impact their performance
Bar regulator’s COVID-19 exam proposals could prejudice female students
Former BPTC student and future barrister Sarah Ismail considers why
COVID-19: Bar exams to go online
But not before August
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’
Drunk deputy head of chambers headbutted junior female colleague outside Calvin Klein underwear store
Details of assault conviction for suspended Rashid Ahmed now revealed
Barrister convicted of assault suspended for three months
Open to appeal
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
Regulator postpones centralised BPTC exams
Decision follows new government guidance to combat spread of COVID-19
Barrister who beat woman — then failed to surrender to custody — suspended for four months
Decision open to appeal
Barrister fails to overturn £1,000 fine for ‘racially charged’ tweet
High Court rejects argument Twitter is 'famously rude and offensive'
BSB to introduce single pupil barrister recruitment timetable
Standardised approach will be 'fairer', says regulator
Bar diversity latest: white, male and privately educated
Profession becoming gradually more diverse, says regulator -- but 'more to be done'
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
Controversial barrister suspended for two years over ‘obscene’ tweets
Barbara Hewson banned from practice over foul-mouthed social media posts
BSB boosts minimum pay for pupil barristers following annual review
£18,866 in London and £16,322 elsewhere -- from 1 January 2020
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
Barrister banned over indecent images conviction
Leicester Uni law grad jailed for 12 months
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
Lord Keen QC cleared of professional misconduct after firearms conviction
Top Scottish lawyer appeared before a disciplinary tribunal
10 month suspension for barrister who posted ‘offensive’ comments on Facebook
Less than a week after regulator issued fresh guidance on social media etiquette