(a) It shall be a condition precedent of a lawyer undertaking the Bar Practice Course conducted by the Bar Association that he or she sit for and pass to a standard of 75% the following examinations:

• Legal Ethics for Barristers;
• Aspects of Evidence;
• Practice and Procedure for Barristers.

(b) The nature and conditions of the examinations shall be made known to prospective candidates as part of the information material provided to them. Information material may be provided to registered candidates by way of the Bar Association website.

(c) In the event a candidate fails by not more than 5 marks to attain the pass mark of 75%, or in the event that other circumstances exist (such as illness or bereavement) which in the opinion of the Bar Council make it appropriate for his or her paper to be reviewed, the paper shall be reviewed by a moderator.

(d) If according to the moderator the candidate still fails, the Bar Council may, in its absolute discretion, allow the candidate to undertake a further written or oral examination, and in exercising its discretion, it may have regard, inter alia, to whether the candidate passed the other examinations sat for, the marks attained by the candidate in such other examinations, and any other matters which appear to the Bar Council to be relevant.

(e) Where a candidate fails an examination, he or she may sit for the examination in the same subject when that examination is next conducted.

(f) Notwithstanding (e), in order to be permitted to participate in the Bar Practice Course, a candidate must have passed all three examinations within a period of 10 months prior to the commencement of the course in question.  Applications for extensions of examination currency should be addressed to the Director, Professional Development.

FURTHER RESOLVED that the Executive Director act on behalf of the Bar Council in respect of paragraphs (c)(d) and (f) above, consulting as appropriate with the Director, Professional Development and members of the Executive.