Henderson Chambers helps BVC student win better grades from Cardiff Uni
London set Henderson Chambers has won a High Court battle for a law student who refused to accept the low marks Cardiff University gave her for the Bar Vocational Course (BVC).
Student Alice Clarke, who instructed Henderson barrister Patrick Green via the Bar Pro Bono Unit, took Cardiff University to the High Court to force it to accept the independent marking of two units of her barrister training course.
Clarke was originally given 40 per cent in the advanced criminal oral examination and 46 per cent in her negotiation paper.
However, an independent assessor improved the mark on the oral examination to 71 per cent.
Clarke was entitled to re-sit the second paper and the mark was raised to 62 per cent.
Green argued that the university had awarded low marks to Clarke in 2005 because she had had disputes with two of her tutors.
Eversheds partner Wayne Davies instructed 11KBW’s Clive Lewis QC to act on behalf of Cardiff University.
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Readers' comments (16)
Anonymous | 13-Sep-2009 9:49 pm
I think Roger Lang was an external examiner for Cardiff BVC, but I might be wrong. Cardiff BVC 2004 - 2005 had many issues and Kitty is right, tutors had their favoured pupiils - Alice Clark was not one. More questions need to be asked on this, what happened to the Jewish student??? Did he take case out? what happened to him/her???
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Goat | 13-Sep-2009 9:53 pm
There were many complaints of unfair behaviour that year and the student on the BVC course the same time as me obviiously was one of the favoured ... there needs to be an investigation into Alice Clark and other pupils who brought complaints but did not have Alice Clark's guts to go all the way.
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Anonymous | 14-Sep-2009 7:03 am
The Jewish student, Alice Clark and no doubt many others would not think it 'excellent'. Also what is excellent about getting marking so wrong?
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fiona harvey | 5-Jan-2010 7:33 pm
well done alice clarke and her legal team.Having also studied the bvc I would say one would learn more from breakfast tv than on at least one of these courses in London. I went to a new part time bvc where many of the students were illiterate. I had committed the criminal offence of having gone to 4 very good universities in Scotland and had previously beena solicitor. I was reminded by tutors with less qualifications in law than myself that I was the scum of the earth. It was a joke and a farce!
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Anonymous | 5-Mar-2010 4:47 pm
"Academia with personal issues who hold a grudge for not being strong enough and smart enough to survive in practice carry out career ending sentences on students who deserve a second chance"
soooooooooooo agree with this....................
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Anonymous | 28-Apr-2010 5:00 pm
Does anyone know of similar cases, particularly relating to medical exams, especially MCQs?
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