Tag: Bar Standards Board

BSB and Bar Council schedule BTPC civil litigation exam on pupillage offer day

"We are now looking into alternative dates and options" say bar big wigs

Oct 7 2016 10:04am

U wot m8? BSB reminds newbie barristers to use correct ‘grammar, spelling and punctuation’

Regulator's revised professional statement released yesterday

Sep 22 2016 12:56pm

BSB mulls new ‘super bar exam’ that could allow non-graduates to become barristers

Bar regulator to host debate next month discussing three new proposed routes to qualification

Jun 21 2016 2:15pm

Barrister who accused Bar Disciplinary Tribunal of ‘lack of impartiality and independence’ has appeals booted out

Immigration barrister, and a former joint head of a chambers in Birmingham, has had two appeals and two judicial review applications dismissed

May 26 2016 2:06pm

Multiple choice questions to be axed from BPTC ethics exam

But that was how students got their marks?!

Mar 2 2016 12:12pm

Pupil barrister hit with £1,000 fine after plagiarising skeleton argument in moot competition

Bar Standards Board refuses to reveal the chambers at which Samuel Campbell practises

Dec 15 2015 9:23am

A practising barrister who failed to declare his old criminal convictions has been disbarred

Omissions come back to haunt forgery barrister 16 years later

Oct 30 2015 2:04pm

Immigration barrister who told dentist he was medical negligence expert loses misconduct appeal

Be careful how you issue those legal threats, lawyers

Oct 20 2015 1:51pm

Scrap BPTC in favour of two year pupillage, urges bar chief

Top crime QC says bar course only benefits law schools and London's landlords

Oct 19 2015 2:15pm

Top QC who didn’t pay tax for 12 years is struck off

Commercial silk Rohan Pershad QC was "extremely poor at paperwork"

Sep 30 2015 11:12am

Number of bad-boy barristers drops as disbarments tumbled last year

Regulator’s annual figures show complaints rise, but 31% fewer lawyers were given red cards

Aug 6 2015 4:06pm

Ukip man calls himself ‘Barrister-at-Law’ despite not doing pupillage — BSB says it’s OK

Bar regulator relaxed -- and Bar Council silent -- about protecting professional title

Jun 18 2015 9:26am

Unfunded pupillages are back

For ten years now, it has been compulsory for chambers to pay their pupils. But...

Jul 2 2013 9:07am

Why do wannabe barristers have to accept their BPTC place before they know if they’ve got an Inns scholarship?

The conventional wisdom is that students are unwise to do the Bar Professional Training Course...

May 30 2013 9:29am

BSB: Ethics exam that contained mock paper questions is ‘not invalid’

Finally, a month and a half after the infamous Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) ethics...

May 9 2013 3:02pm

BSB In Data Protection Howler As It Divulges 1,268 Barristers’ Email Addresses

Just when you thought that the Bar Standards Board (BSB) had run out of embarrassing...

Apr 3 2013 1:18pm

What Has Happened To The Legal Education And Training Review Final Report?

The final report of the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) – potentially the biggest shake-up...

Jan 3 2013 10:15am

Bar Course Aptitude Test Delayed Yet Again

Legal Futures, 25 July 2012, on the introduction of the Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT):...

Nov 5 2012 5:51pm