Solicitors Flashcards
What act Gives solicitors full rights of audience in higher courts
Courts and legal services act 1990
What principle Created the access scheme which works together with the courts and legal services act 1990. Since, solicitors have full rights of audience in higher courts people don’t need barristers to act as an intermediate.
Access to Justice Act 1999
What does Principle 2 Solicitors Regulation Authority Principles say?
“You must act with integrity”. (e.g. hiding a main piece of evidence to benefit their client would breach this)
What did Legal Services Act 2007 do?
- Created a structured complaint system (office for legal complaints)
Outcome of Arthur J Hall & Co V Simons 2000
Overruled decisions like Rondel V Worsley 1969 and showed that solicitors and barristers can be sued for professional negligence
Outcome of Moy v Pettman Smith 2005
Shows that solicitors have a duty of care to their clients to provide competent and accurate advice. (Case where there was a claim against a solicitor for giving wrong legal advice which concluded with a financial loss).
In 2023, how many solicitors were women
52% but only 35% had partner roles
Ethnic minorities make up how much of the bar?
16%
How many solicitors are BAME?
19%
What % of solicitors under 25
2%
What organisation helps people in disadvantaged backgrounds by giving them financial support?
Law Society’s Diversity Access Scheme
What organisation works to promote racial diversity at the bar?
Bar Council’s Race Equality Taskforce
What are solicitors regulated by?
Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)
What are solicitors governed by?
The law society
How would a person with a law degree become a solicitor?
–>SQE–> two year training contract
How would someone with a degree in an unrelated subject become a solicitor?
Graduate diploma 1y–> SQE–> 2y training contract
What rights of audience do solicitors have?
They have rights in lower courts but can apply for higher ones
