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Moreover, the current Public Access rules [1] provide that barristers are not allowed to take on public access clients unless doing so is in both the client's best interests and in the interests of justice. [2] Therefore, in complicated cases barristers must recommend to clients that they obtain external support from a solicitor or a PALS provider.
The Public Access Scheme was established in 2004. [1] The scheme allowed members of the public to instruct barristers directly, without the involvement of a solicitor for the first time in more than a century. There was initially uncertainty as to whether clients would understand the limitations of barristers’ work.
If the barrister agrees and the matter is not serious, the panel can impose a fine, restrictions on their licence to practice, order them to complete ongoing professional development, or they can reprimand them. If the barrister disputes what happened, or the matter is more serious, the case is passed onto a Disciplinary tribunal. [10]
Barristers undertaking public access work can provide legal advice and representation in court in all areas of law and are entitled to represent clients in any court or tribunal in England and Wales. Once instructions from a client are accepted, it is the barrister (rather than the solicitor) who advises and guides the client through the ...
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A special category of litigant in person arises when a defendant in a criminal case dismisses their defence counsel and chooses to defend the case themselves. This is almost invariably an inadvisable course of action, since the law and procedure can be complex and the penalties if convicted can be severe.
The Bar of Ireland (Irish: Barra na hÉireann) is the professional association of barristers for Ireland, with over 2,000 members. [1] It is based in the Law Library, with premises in Dublin and Cork.
The General Council of the Bar was created in 1894 to deal with breaches of a barrister's professional standards, something that had previously been handled by the judiciary. [3] Along with the Inns of Court it formed the Senate of the Inns of Court and the Bar in 1974, a union that was broken up on 1 January 1987 following a report by Lord ...