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About the founder

Kartik Kumar

Indian-qualified lawyer. Worked at DWF, Eversheds Sutherland, and Keoghs in the UK. Founder of The NCA Hub. All 5 NCA subjects passed. LRW fulfilled. Certificate of Qualification — received. First exam prepared in one week.

Qualified Lawyer — India DWF · Eversheds Sutherland · Keoghs 5 NCA Subjects Passed CPLED LRW Complete

Professional Background

Kartik Kumar qualified as a lawyer in India before building his career in the United Kingdom. He worked at three UK law firms: DWF, Eversheds Sutherland, and Keoghs — all substantial, nationally recognised practices.

His final UK role was as a Legal Executive at a firm handling motor finance undisclosed commission claims — one of the largest consumer finance disputes in UK legal history. The position came to an end following a Supreme Court judgment (Hopcraft v Close Brothers) that changed the motor finance landscape. The project wound down. Kartik was let go.

He had already received his NCA assessment prior to the job loss. What followed was the build of The NCA Hub — created not from a comfortable position, but out of necessity.

NCA Examination Results

Kartik sat all 5 NCA required subjects across one examination cycle. Administrative Law first — one week of preparation. Foundations of Canadian Law was disqualified in October 2025 due to a remote proctoring failure, not a knowledge failure. He retook it in January 2026 and passed. All 5 subjects complete.

Administrative Law
Passed ✓
7 days preparation. First exam sat. The origin of the method.

Administrative Law was the first subject Kartik sat — with seven days to prepare. Every set of NCA preparation materials available in the market at that point was built for candidates with months, not days. None of it worked for his timeline. So he built his own system: stripped back to exam-relevant doctrine only, structured around answer templates that pre-built the response before reading the question, with trigger tables that mapped legal tests to fact patterns. He passed. That method is the foundation of every piece of content on The NCA Hub.

Constitutional Law
Passed ✓
The subject where Anum passed her 4th and final attempt using these materials.
Professional Responsibility
Passed ✓
Ethics, Model Code, conflicts of interest — all covered.
Criminal Law
Passed ✓
Structure over memory. Templates that pre-build the answer.
Foundations of Canadian Law
Passed ✓
Disqualified October 2025 (remote proctoring failure). Retook January 2026. Passed.
CPLED LRW
Complete ✓
Completed early, with one month remaining in the study period.

"I passed on my 4th and final attempt. This is the only method that worked for me."

Anum · Constitutional Law · 4th attempt

Why The NCA Hub Exists

When Kartik purchased the industry-standard NCA preparation materials, he found them too long and too dense — built for candidates with months to spare, not one week. So he built his own: distilled notes, conversations with fellow candidates, and a strategic framework for every question type.

After passing four subjects, he realised other internationally trained lawyers were facing the same problem. The NCA Hub was built to solve it — not from a position of comfort, but from direct experience of what it takes to prepare strategically under real pressure.

The notes are under 80 pages per subject. NCA Tutor runs 169–304 pages. NCA Notes runs 222–304 pages. In an open-book exam, shorter and more targeted is better. Every sentence in The NCA Hub materials earns its place by serving one purpose: your performance in the exam room.

Career Timeline

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