Tag: Bar Standards Board

BSB greenlights restart of Hertfordshire Uni bar course
Suspended last summer in 'interests of students'

BSB granted extra powers to tackle misbehaving barristers
Interim suspensions

Scrapping degree requirement will create more pupillage-less grads, Bar Council warns
Response to BSB proposals

BSB proposes eliminating degree requirement for barristers
Cites possible equality benefits

Suspension for prosecuting barrister who pursued ‘romantic interest’ in defendant
Misused personal contact info

BSB maintains ban on online exams following ‘clear evidence of cheating’
Pen and paper for foreseeable

Barristers given fresh guidance on social media behaviour
'Strike balance' between human rights and professional obligations, says regulator

BSB mulls removing caps on exam resits
Trials move with BPP

BSB issues guidance for aspiring barristers caught up in marking boycott
Law schools can accept students with pending degree results

Bar course provider pass rates vary from 93% to just 22%, new report shows
More than half fail to score above 50%

Disbarment for Supreme Court embargo-breaking barrister
Timothy Crosland previously said leak of Heathrow runway ruling was necessary to 'protest the deep immorality' of the court’s decision

Pupil barrister passed off other tenants’ work as his own, tribunal finds
Decision open to appeal

Complaints against barristers jump more than 50%
2,517 reports

Bar exams: Research highlights attainment gap between white and ethnic minority wannabe barristers
As Oxbridge grads clean up across the board

What went down at LegalEdCon 2022
Over 200 delegates descended on London's Kings Place to discuss SQE, social mobility and more...

Bar Council and northern law firm Ward Hadaway hit by cyber attacks
Criminals continue to target profession

BSB ditches bar aptitude test
Regulator says entry exam no longer an effective filter of wannabe barristers who will likely fail the course

Barrister sanctioned over tweet about Muslims wins appeal
Jon Holbrook had been fined £500