Bebb v. Law Society Bebb v. Law Society [1914] 1 Ch. 286 is an action that arose as a result of the Law Society refusing to allow Miss Bebb to partake in its preliminary exams. The importance of sitting the preliminary exams is to enable one to be bound by articles of clerkship and ultimately being admitted as a solicitor. Her application was rejected on the basis that she was female. When the case was seen at first instance in front of Joyce J. the decision was found in favour of the Law Society, thus dismissing Miss Bebb's action. Joyce J. at the first instance case held that women could not become attorneys of solicitors due