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  2. Barristers in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Barrister - Wikipedia

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    A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions.Barristers mostly specialize in courtroom advocacy and litigation.Their tasks include arguing cases in courts and tribunals, drafting legal pleadings, researching the law and giving legal opinions.

  4. Rights of audience - Wikipedia

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    In common law, a right of audience is generally a right of a lawyer to appear and conduct proceedings in court on behalf of their client. [1] [2] In English law, there is a fundamental distinction between barristers, who have rights of audience in the superior court, and solicitors, who have rights of audience in the lower courts, unless a certificate of advocacy is obtained, which allows a ...

  5. Legal professions in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    Becoming a Barrister requires membership of one of the four Inns of Court in London, namely Lincoln's Inn, Gray's Inn, Inner Temple, and Middle Temple.The Inns provide support for barristers and student barristers through a range of educational activities, lunching and dining facilities, access to common rooms and gardens, and provision of various grants and scholarships.

  6. Bar Standards Board - Wikipedia

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    The Bar Standards Board held a workshop at the 2016 Annual Bar Conference, [17] and authorised the first three Licensed Bodies in April 2017, including VII Law, Minerva Law and ShenSmith Law. [18] Licensed bodies have been reported by Thomson Reuters as a leading innovation of the legal industry.

  7. General Council of the Bar - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Legal career of Keir Starmer - Wikipedia

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    The British prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, practised law before his political career began in 2015.Since becoming a barrister in 1987, he mostly dealt with criminal defence work on human rights matters.

  9. Barristers' chambers - Wikipedia

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    In law, a barrister's chambers or barristers' chambers are the rooms used by a barrister or a group of barristers. The singular refers to the use by a sole practitioner whereas the plural refers to a group of barristers who, while acting as sole practitioners, share costs and expenses for office overheads.