A request for the following information was made to the University of London in respect of the International Programmes LLB only (excluding the Diplomas)
1. For each of the geographical areas listed below, and in relation to each of the examinations listed below, the total number of candidates who sat the May – June 2012 examinations:
(a) USA and Canada
(b) Australia and New Zealand
(c) West Indies – (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda,The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago,Turks and Caicos Islands.)
(d) Europe (including all of Russia and excluding the UK and Channel Islands)
(e) Hong Kong and China.
(f) Malaysia and Singapore
(g) Africa (including Mauritius)
(h) Bangladesh
(i) Pakistan
2. For each of the geographical areas above and in relation to each of the examinations listed below, the average mark awarded.
The examinations referred to above are: CLRI, Criminal Law, Elements of the Law of Contract, Public law, EU Law, Land law, Law of Tort, Law of Trusts.
The University very kindly provided the following information:
[Note: In the tables below the column headed 'Fail' indicates the percentage of candidates awarded a mark of 39 or less and 'Pass' indicates the percentage of candidates awarded a mark of 40 or more]
USA & Canada
| Subject | Number of candidates | Average mark | Percentage awarded a mark of 39 or less | |||
| CLRI | 131 | 42 | 35.1% | |||
| Criminal Law | 135 | 39.2 | 44.4% | |||
| Public Law | 123 | 40.7 | 42.35 | |||
| Law of Contract | 132 | 35.2 | 57.6% | |||
| Land Law | 57 | 40.1 | 43.9% | |||
| Law of Tort | 58 | 42.7 | 32.8% | |||
| Law of Trusts | 56 | 39.0 | 41.1% | |||
| EU Law | 29 | 44.6 | 20,7% | |||
| Total papers | 721 | 39.8 | 42.6% |
Australia & New Zealand
| Subject | Number of candidates | Average mark | Percentage awarded a mark of 39 or less | |||
| CLRI | 9 | 41.3 | 33.3% | |||
| Criminal Law | * | * | * | |||
| Public Law | 9 | 48.2 | 22.2% | |||
| Law of Contract | 11 | 38.4 | 45.5% | |||
| Land Law | 6 | 41 | 33.3% | |||
| Law of Tort | 8 | 38.8 | 37.5% | |||
| Law of Trusts | 8 | 38.3 | 50.0% | |||
| EU Law | * | * | * | |||
| Total papers | 56 | 41.0 | 39.3% |
*The University stated that “due to the small size of the numbers involved, a breakdown of the information for EU and Criminal Law for Australia and New Zealand could risk identifying individual students and the marks they were awarded. As the University makes each Freedom of Information response as a public disclosure, this level of detail is exempt under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act.” The ‘total papers’ and the average for all papers for Australia and New Zealand, includes the figures for EU and Criminal Law.
West Indies
| Subject | Number of candidates | Average mark | Percentage awarded a mark of 39 or less | |||
| CLRI | 407 | 41.5 | 36.4% | |||
| Criminal Law | 459 | 38.9 | 45.5% | |||
| Public Law | 439 | 40.1 | 41.0% | |||
| Law of Contract | 416 | 33.3 | 61.5% | |||
| Land Law | 550 | 38.4 | 47.6% | |||
| Law of Tort | 482 | 41.3 | 39.6% | |||
| Law of Trusts | 548 | 36.4 | 56.8% | |||
| EU Law | 249 | 46.8 | 17.3% | |||
| Total papers | 3550 | 39.1 | 45.1% |
Europe
| Subject | Number of candidates | Average mark | Percentage awarded a mark of 39 or less | |||
| CLRI | 95 | 37.2 | 44.2% | |||
| Criminal Law | 83 | 37.8 | 50.6% | |||
| Public Law | 102 | 45.2 | 26.5% | |||
| Law of Contract | 107 | 32.9 | 58.9% | |||
| Land Law | 51 | 37.8 | 47.1% | |||
| Law of Tort | 62 | 40.6 | 40.3% | |||
| Law of Trusts | 42 | 41.5 | 28.6% | |||
| EU Law | 35 | 51.8 | 8.6% | |||
| Total papers | 577 | 39.5 | 41.2% |
Hong Kong & China
| Subject | Number of candidates | Average mark | Percentage awarded a mark of 39 or less | |||
| CLRI | 410 | 43.1 | 29.0% | |||
| Criminal Law | 504 | 43.4 | 28.4% | |||
| Public Law | 437 | 38.6 | 48.3% | |||
| Law of Contract | 439 | 44.7 | 25.7% | |||
| Land Law | 323 | 43.8 | 26.3% | |||
| Law of Tort | 376 | 44.8 | 26.3% | |||
| Law of Trusts | 321 | 41.2 | 39.3% | |||
| EU Law | 15 | 39.5 | 53.3% | |||
| Total papers | 2825 | 42.8 | 32.0% |
Malaysia & Singapore
| Subject | Number of candidates | Average mark | Percentage awarded a mark of 39 or less | |||
| CLRI | 681 | 40.5 | 39.4% | |||
| Criminal Law | 753 | 40.6 | 40.5% | |||
| Public Law | 741 | 39.6 | 41.8% | |||
| Law of Contract | 708 | 40.2 | 39.5% | |||
| Land Law | 606 | 41.6 | 33.0% | |||
| Law of Tort | 612 | 45.0 | 25.3% | |||
| Law of Trusts | 627 | 39.8 | 41.0% | |||
| EU Law | 102 | 51 | 18.6% | |||
| Total papers | 4830 | 41.2 | 37.1% | |||
Africa
| Subject | Number of candidates | Average mark | Percentage awarded a mark of 39 or less | |||
| CLRI | 401 | 38.9 | 44.1% | |||
| Criminal Law | 449 | 35.8 | 55.7% | |||
| Public Law | 421 | 41.1 | 37.1% | |||
| Law of Contract | 417 | 35.3 | 56.4% | |||
| Land Law | 323 | 39.0 | 44.3% | |||
| Law of Tort | 322 | 40.2 | 42.5% | |||
| Law of Trusts | 342 | 37.6 | 49.7% | |||
| EU Law | 136 | 43.5 | 25.0% | |||
| Total papers | 2811 | 38.4 | 46.3% |
Bangladesh
| Subject | Number of candidates | Average mark | Percentage awarded a mark of 39 or less | |||
| CLRI | 134 | 44.0 | 22.4% | |||
| Criminal Law | 177 | 37.3 | 50.8% | |||
| Public Law | 152 | 42.5 | 34.9% | |||
| Law of Contract | 142 | 42.2 | 35.9% | |||
| Land Law | 430 | 44.5 | 24.4% | |||
| Law of Tort | 402 | 45.5 | 27.9% | |||
| Law of Trusts | 420 | 41.6 | 32.6% | |||
| EU Law | 211 | 51.0 | 11.4% | |||
| Total papers | 2068 | 43.8 | 29.1% |
Pakistan
| Subject | Number of candidates | Average mark | Percentage awarded a mark of 39 or less | |||
| CLRI | 246 | 42.9 | 30.1% | |||
| Criminal Law | 271 | 42.4 | 32.5% | |||
| Public Law | 248 | 45.0 | 27.0% | |||
| Law of Contract | 258 | 38.8 | 38.8% | |||
| Land Law | 364 | 39.5 | 39.8% | |||
| Law of Tort | 419 | 42.7 | 30.1% | |||
| Law of Trusts | 386 | 42.1 | 30.1% | |||
| EU Law | 226 | 50.7 | 9.7% | |||
| Total papers | 2418 | 42.7 | 30.5% |