BCI Signs MoU With Bar Council Of England & Wales

Current Context: The Bar Council of India (BCI) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bar Council of England and Wales and the Law Society of England and Wales for an exchange programme of lawyers and law students for mutual exchange of training and learning among each other’s jurisdiction.

• The MoU was signed on 5th June, 2023, at a meeting held in London attended by several delegates of BCI, the Chairman of the Bar Council of India, the President of the Bar Council of England, and Wales as well as the President of the Law Society of England and Wales.
• Under the MoU, the Bar Council of India has been authorized to recommend some young lawyers to the Law Society and to the Bar Council of England & Wales to provide opportunities of training and learning in international law firms, good law offices and in English law courts.
• The MoU further provides for extending training facilities to the solicitors & barristers of England and Wales.

Question:

Q.1 When was the MoU signed between the Bar Councils of India and England & Wales?
a. 5th June, 2023
b. 6th June, 2023
c. 7th June, 2023
d. 8th June, 2023