Legal Personnel - b&s

Question 1

Legal professions

Answer 1

Barristers and solicitors

Question 2

How many barristers

Answer 2

12700 self employed

3000 employed by organisations e.g. crown prosecution service

Question 3

Barristers Collectively referred to as

Answer 3

The bar

Question 4

Barristers controlled by

Answer 4

Their Own professional body - general council of the bar

Question 5

Barristers -Four inns of court

Answer 5

Lincolns inn
Inner temple
Middle temple
Grays inn 
All situated near royal courts of justice in London

Question 6

2 routes for barristers

Answer 6

Law Degree route

Graduate diploma in law (GDL)

Question 7

Barrister Degree route

Answer 7

Law degree
Bar professional training
Called to bar
Pupillage

Question 8

Barrister GDL route

Answer 8

GDL
bar professional training
Called to bar
Pupillage

Question 9

What is pupillage (barrister)

Answer 9

On the job training 
Shadow barrister 
1 for 12 months or 2 for 6 months each 
Application to pupillage gateway
Applications made 18 months before start

Question 10

Financial problem for barristers

Answer 10

Fee of bar professional training course (£15,000)
Pay for GDL
university fees

Question 11

Over supply of barristers

Answer 11

Not enough pupillage places
In 2014-2015 only 422/1500 got pupillage places
All had passed bar professional training course

Question 12

Role of barristers

Answer 12

Self employed in small chambers
Employed by government organisations
Advocacy
Paper work

Question 13

How many self employed barristers in small chambers

Answer 13

15-20

Question 14

After 10 years of barrister practice

Answer 14

Application to be made a queens council

Earn more, more difficult and complex case

Question 15

Barristers Rights of audience

Answer 15

The right to present case in any court on behalf of someone

Question 16

How may solicitors

Answer 16

136,000

90,000 private practice

Question 17

Route of solicitor

Answer 17

Law degree or GDL
Legal practice course (LPC) - training skills
Period of authorised training - solicitors form for 2 years

Question 18

Financial problem for solicitors

Answer 18

Legal practice course (£14,000)
Pay for GDL
University fees

Question 19

Solicitor Help with GDL

Answer 19

Can do course over 2 year

Can work aswell

Question 20

Role of solicitors

Answer 20

Private practice or employed 
Become partner in firm 
Work depends on type of firm
Write letters for clients 
Draw up wills

Question 21

Both b and s have rights of audience

Answer 21

S have limited power in higher courts than mags and county

Can apply for advocacy certificate

Question 22

Solicitors can apply for QC when

Answer 22

They have certificate of advocacy

Have worked for 10 years

Question 23

Representative body of barristers

Answer 23

General council of the bar

Question 24

Representative body of solicitors

Answer 24

The law society

Question 25

Complaints about b and s go to

Answer 25

Bar standards board
And
Solicitors regulatory authority

Question 26

Legal executives

Answer 26

Work in solicitors firms as assistance’s

Question 27

Qualifications and training of legal executives

Answer 27

Pass professional diploma in law

Pass professional higher diploma in law

Question 28

Role of legal executives

Answer 28

Specialise in particular area of law

More straightforward areas than solicitors