The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Kaplan SQE have apologised after 175 candidates were wrongly told they had failed the first part of their solicitor qualifying exam (SQE1), which they sat in January
In fact, the 175 candidates had passed those assessments.
Kaplan discovered the mistake through general checks conducted during the appeals period, and has offered a goodwill payment of £250 to the 175 candidates. Some other of the 6,626 candidates who sat the January exam have had their scores changed following the checks.
SRA chief executive Paul Philip said: ‘We are really disappointed by this error.’
