Kaplan is to introduce a BVC entry test despite the Office of Fair Trading questioning the Bar Standard Board’s plans to introduce an aptitude test for the course. The test will be conducted in February next year, with successful candidates going on to form the first-ever intake of Kaplan’s BVC the following September.

Although the OFT’s concerns over competition were a sticking point for the BSB, there is nothing to stop individual law schools introducing their own entry tests.