Part one of term paper
[1914] 1 Ch. 286 is an action that arose as a result of the Law Society refusing to allow Miss Bebb to partake in its preliminary exams. The importance of sitting the preliminary exams is to enable one to be bound by articles of clerkship and ultimately being admitted as a solicitor. Her application was rejected on the basis that she was fe ...

Part two of term paper
... held that this disability "can be, and is, proved by inveterate usage." He went on to state that the disability could not be nullified by an interpretation clause such as s.48 of the Solicitors Act 1843. The Solicitors Act 1843 s.48 provides that words alluding to the masculine gender shall extend to a female. Joyce J. noted that nothing in the Solicitors Act of 1843 or any other amending statute can be seen as giving women any new privilege with the view to becoming solicitors or attorneys. ...