{"id":6037,"date":"2025-12-10T14:58:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/?p=6037"},"modified":"2025-12-10T14:58:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:58:45","slug":"property-bar-association-pba-essay-competition-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2025\/12\/10\/property-bar-association-pba-essay-competition-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Property Bar Association (PBA) Essay Competition 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The PBA has launched its Essay Competition 2026 designed to recognise academic achievement and help to identify future property barristers and encourage an interest in property law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition is open to all law undergraduates, LLM, CPE, GDL and BPC students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>1ST PRIZE &#8211; \u00a31000 and your essay published in EG.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2ND PRIZE &#8211; \u00a3500<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3RD PRIZE &#8211; \u00a3250<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The finalists will each receive a hardback copy of Megarry &amp; Wade: The Law of Real Property, which is kindly sponsored by Thomson Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each finalist will also have the opportunity to meet online with a specialist property barrister for a one-to-one discussion about life at the Bar, getting to the Bar, property work and\/or your future career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winner will be announced and the prizes presented by a High Court Judge and the Chair of the PBA at an event attended by the judiciary and members of the PBA in April 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2026 Essay has now been posted on the PBA website and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertybar.org.uk\/events\/essay-competition-2026\/\"> can be found here: <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Essays must be submitted by 18:00 on Friday 30 January 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entrants are invited to submit an entry of not more than 1,000 words. Entries should be in word format, text 12 point, 1.5 spaced and sent to<a href=\"mailto:enquiries@propertybar.org.uk\"> enquiries@propertybar.org.uk<\/a>. 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