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COVID-19: BSB pushes ahead with online exams — but offers students test centre option

Regulator publishes fresh guidance

5 days ago
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Boost pupillage numbers by building a WeWork-style co-working space on one of the Inn’s ‘grand gardens’, says aspiring barrister

She accepts it may be difficult to execute

Jun 25 2020 11:42am
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BPTC students hit record numbers — but securing pupillage remains a big problem

1,753 bar hopefuls enrolled in 2018

Jun 24 2020 2:01pm
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Henry Hendron wins appeal against second suspension

BSB concedes case on a technicality unearthed by its own barrister

Jun 3 2020 12:39pm
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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
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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
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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
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COVID-19: Bar exams to go online

But not before August

May 13 2020 1:17pm
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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
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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
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Barrister convicted of assault suspended for three months

Open to appeal

Mar 23 2020 9:27am
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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
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Regulator postpones centralised BPTC exams

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

Mar 17 2020 11:16am
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Barrister who beat woman — then failed to surrender to custody — suspended for four months

Decision open to appeal

Mar 11 2020 2:24pm
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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
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BSB to introduce single pupil barrister recruitment timetable

Standardised approach will be ‘fairer’, says regulator

Feb 3 2020 9:11am
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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
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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
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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
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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
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