Legal Personnel Flashcards
How many barristers are self employed?
12,700
Where do self employed barristers work from?
A set of chambers
What do clerks do?
Allocate work to the barristers and negotiate fees
What is advocacy?
Presenting cases in court
What rights of advocacy do barristers have?
Full rights of audience, they can present cases in any court in England and Wales on behalf of another person
Which specialised areas of law rarely require attendance at court?
Tax and company law
What does paperwork include for barristers?
- writing opinions on cases
- giving advice
- draft documents for use in court
What is direct access?
When you don’t have to go to a solicitor first in order to get a barrister
What must a barrister do to do direct access work?
Additional training
How many barristers are employed by central and local government, the Civil Service, private businesses and the CPS?
3000
What rights of audience do employed barristers have?
Full rights of audience
When is it possible for a junior barrister to apply to be a Queen’s Counsel?
After 10 years of being a junior barrister
What percentage of barristers are Queen’s Counsel?
10%
What do Queen’s Counsel barristers do?
- take on more complicated and high profile cases
* command higher fees for their recognised expertise
How many solicitors are in private practice?
90,000
How many solicitors are in employed work?
40,000
What will a small high street firm solicitor do?
Advise clients on a range of topics including consumer problems, housing and business matters and family problems
What will a large city firm solicitor do?
Concentrate on commercial and tax work
What does paperwork include for a solicitor?
- conveyancing
- drawing up wills
- contracts
- give legal advice
- may act for clients in court
What are the rights of audience for a solicitor?
Rights of audience:
- Magistrates Court
- County Court
- Those with sufficient experience of advocacy can obtain a higher courts advocacy qualification after passing assessments
When necessary to go to court what will a solicitor do?
Brief a barrister to do the case and the solicitor will do the preparatory work
How many legal executives are employed in solicitors firms as assistants?
20,000
What do legal executives do?
- draft wills
- advise people with matrimonial problems
- advise clients accused of crime •prepare leases
What rights of audience do legal executives have?
Some rights of audience, they can make applications where the case is not defended in family matters and civil cases. They can do a course on advocacy to gain rights of audience in Youth Court and Magistrates Court
