The Bar Council of India has entered into the Memorandum of Understanding with Bar Council of England and the Wales and the Law Society of England and Wales for the exchange programme of Lawyers and Law Students for the mutual exchange of training and learning amongst the jurisdiction of each other’s.
The Bar Council of India, BCI under the Memorandum of Understanding has been authorised in order to recommend some young Lawyers to the Law Society and to the Bar Council of England And Wales in order to provide the opportunity of training and learning in International Law Firms, who being the good Law Offices and in English Law Courts.
Therefore, the Lawyers which are recommended by the Bar Council of India, BCI shall have no right to practice in UK in terms of the Memorandum of Understanding. Thus, the only purpose is to only facilitate an opportunity of learning and to gain experience in both the jurisdictions.
Further, the Bar Council of India, BCI will recommend the selected Law Students for undergoing internships to the Bar bodies of U.K.
It has also been provided in the Memorandum of Understanding for extending the training facilities to the solicitors and to the Barristers of England and Wales. Such trainee Solicitors and the Barristers shall not be allowed to practice in any form in India under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding and the 90 days programme shall be confined only to the learning and training.
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed at a meeting which is held at London on June 5, 2023 by the Chairman of Bar Council of India, the President of Bar Council of England and Wales as well as President of Law Society of England and Wales.
The delegation of Bar Council of India includes:
Mr. S. Prabakaran, the Vice-Chairman of Bar Council of India
Mr. Apurba Sharma, the Chairman, Executive Committee of Bar Council of India
Mr. Ved Prakash Sharma, the Co-Chairman of Bar Council of India
Mr. Suresh Chandra Shrimali, the Co-Chairman of Bar Council of India
Mr. Pratap Mehta, the Co-Chairman of Bar Council of India
Mr. Shreenath Tripathi, the Co-Chairman of Bar Council of India
Mr. Jayant D. Jaibhave, the Co-Chairman of Bar Council of India
Mr. A. Rami Reddy, the Member of Bar Council of India
Mr. D. K. Sharma, the Member of Bar Council of India
Mr. Dilip Patel, the Member of Bar Council of India
Mr. Shailendra Dubey, the Member of Bar Council of India
Mr. P. Vishnuvardhana Reddy, the Member of Bar Council of India
Mr. Prashant Kumar Singh, the Member of Bar Council of India
Mr. Partap Singh, the Member of Bar Council of India
Dr. Amit Vaid, the Member of Bar Council of India