Called to the bar in 1932, Krusin completed pupillages in the chambers of Arthur Cole and J. H. Stamp, and then in 1933 joined the chambers of Hubert Rose, a key influence on him. In 1940, he was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the Administrative and Special Duties Branch of the Royal Air Force Reserve.The London Gazette, 7 May 1940 (no. 34844), p. 2726.
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He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1938,"Inns of Court", The Times, 12 May 1938, p. 9. and carried out pupillages in the chambers of Sir John Foster. At the outbreak of the Second World War, he enlisted with the Royal Armoured Corps and was commissioned as an officer; he suffered a severe leg wound in 1945 which ended his war service.
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Essex Court Chambers is a leading set of commercial barristers in Lincoln's Inn Fields, central London. It has 96 tenants, of whom 45 are Queen's counsels, also known as Silks. With a turnover of £86.7 million, it is part of London's Magic Circle of top five law firms by revenue, and offers four pupillages (apprenticeships) a year. The current Lord Chief Justice, Sir John Thomas, was a member of Essex Court Chambers when he was at the Bar.
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Virgo completed his secondary education at a comprehensive school in the Midlands. In 1983, he applied to read law at Downing College, Cambridge. He was interviewed by Charles Harpum (later, the principal architect of the Land Registration Act 2002), John Hopkins, and David Lloyd Jones (now a Justice of the Supreme Court). While deciding on a career, Hopkins suggested that Virgo consider Coward Chance (which in 1987 merged with Clifford Turner to form Clifford Chance) and various mini-pupillages.
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White (1991) p.116 Section 64 amends the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and the Race Relations Act 1976 to make it unlawful for a barrister or barrister's clerk to discriminate against women or against people "on racial grounds" when offering pupillages or tenancies.White (1991) p.117 This can be in relation to on what terms the pupillage/tenancy is offered, the arrangements made for who should be offered the pupillage/tenancy or the benefits, services and facilities which are "afforded or denied".
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In March 2015 the British Virgin Islands legislature passed the Legal Profession Act, 2015. It was brought into force on 11 November 2015, but certain provisions relating to admission of English qualified lawyers and practice overseas were excluded from the proclamation bringing it into force. The new Act fundamentally recast the regulation of the profession within the jurisdiction. Key functions such as ethics, professional discipline, admission to practice and the validation of training institutions and pupillages would be delegated to a newly formed "Virgin Islands General Legal Council".
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The Grand Final requires all four members of each team to address a complex moot problem based on topical events. The winning team receives the Shield, which lends its name to the competition, with additional prizes offered to the individual winners varying each year. These have previously included mini-pupillages at some of the prestigious sponsoring chambers, making participation in the competition highly attractive to law students who are intending to become barristers. Prizes are also presented to the participant who has shown the best standard of advocacy throughout the competition's league rounds, and to the team which has embraced the spirit of the competition.
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Called to the bar in 1936, Fiennes carried out pupillages under F. E. Farrer and J. Neville Gray, and then practised privately before joining the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel in 1939. His work there was considered essential to the war effort, sparing him from military service during the Second World War. From 1952 to 1958 and again from 1962 to 1966 he was responsible for drafting Finance Bills. He was appointed Second Parliamentary Counsel in 1956 and promoted to First Parliamentary Counsel in 1968, serving until retirement in 1972. Appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1953, Fiennes was promoted to Knight Commander in 1970; he was a Bencher of the Middle Temple and took silk in 1972.
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Under the Legal Profession Act, the Council will consist of seven persons:Section 4, Legal Profession Act, 2015 # a Chairman who shall be a senior legal practitioner who is a Belonger of not less than 10 years' standing, and is nominated by the Chief Justice; # a Deputy Chairman who shall be the Attorney General; # the President of the BVI Bar Association; # two legal practitioners nominated by the BVI Bar Association of not less than 5 years' standing, one of whom must be a Belonger; # one person nominated by the Premier, who is not a legal practitioner and who is a Belonger; and # one legal practitioner who is a Belonger, nominated by the Leader of the Opposition. Each member of the Council (other than the Attorney General and the President of the BVI Bar Association) may serve up to two consecutive three year terms. The Registrar of the High Court would serve as Secretary of the Council. Key functions with respect to the profession in the Territory such as ethics, professional discipline, admission to practice and the validation of training institutions and pupillages shall be delegated to the Council.
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