Bar Standards Board

Overall BSB findings show reports are on the rise

BSB mulls ditching entry exam after report found fewer than 1% of wannabe barristers fail to pass it

There are barriers to overcome, but these are not ‘insurmountable’

Fail rate of under 1%, report finds

New figures — focusing on centralised assessments only — show average pass rates ranging between 92% and 18%

But fined £500 over separate tweet about Muslims

757 in 1991 ⤵️ 542 in 2020

Ryan Eve vindicated in High Court after regulator’s blunders

Just 10% of BPTC grads started pupillage in 2020-21, new stats show

Follows letter from wannabe barrister first reported by Legal Cheek

Scandal-hit barrister reprimanded for continuing to work during suspension over drug offences

Outside experts heavily critical of online set-up that left some students locked out and others urinating in bottles and buckets

Regulators are under pressure to dish out more than brief suspensions

Aspiring barrister Benjamin Ramsey explores the recent events involving Dinah Rose QC and David Perry QC

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