Legal Personnel - Regulation of legal professions

Question 1

Bar Standards Board

Answer 1

-Sets training and entry standards
-Regulates barristers profession
-Sets out code of conduct
-Investigates any alleged breach of code of conduct

Question 2

Liability - Barristers

Answer 2

-Barrister will enter a contract with client on Direct Access Scheme
-Client can sue for breach of contract
-Can be liable in negligence for poor quality of advocacy

Question 3

Solicitors regulation authority

Answer 3

-SRA deals with complaints
-Will investigate the complaint
-If something is found, brought to solicitors disciplinary tribunal
-If tribunal holds up complaint, can be fines or reprimanded
very serious cases - strike off solicitor

Question 4

Liability - solicitors

Answer 4

-If client does not pay, Solicitor can sue
-Client can sue for breach of contract
-Client can also sue in negligence if suffer loss to poor quality of work, HALL V SIMMONS
-Solicitors can be sued for negligence by people who are not clients but are affected, WHITE V JONES

Question 5

Regulation of Legal Execs

Answer 5

-CILEX publishes code of conduct
-CILEX investigates complaints
-Panel decides if there is a misconduct
-May be reprimanded or warned
-Very serious, striked off