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Solicitors provide legal services and legal advice, and operate across a range of practice areas. Although a substantial number of sole practicioners exist, solicitors are usually employed by a law firm. All solicitors and their firms are approved and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority [3].
They must also complete a two-year trainee solicitor contract with a law firm. All solicitors in Hong Kong are admitted to the High Court of Hong Kong and thus bear the full title of "Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong". [16] Solicitors enjoy rights of audience in the lower court and in chamber hearings in the High Court.
Circuits are the highest-level administrative divisions of the Bar of England and Wales and His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service. [1] Today, they serve as professional associations for barristers practicing within their areas, as well as administrative divisions for the purposes of administration of justice.
A solicitor (or attorney) is a lawyer who prepares cases and gives advice on legal subjects. In some jurisdictions, solicitors also represent people in court. Fused professions, where lawyers have rights of both barristers and solicitors, have emerged in other former English common law jurisdictions, such as the United States, India, and Pakistan.
Browne Jacobson LLP is a UK & Ireland law firm with offices in Birmingham, Cardiff, Dublin, Exeter, London, Manchester, and Nottingham.It offers services across a number of key UK and international markets: corporates, education, government, health, financial services & insurance.
In 2015 its partners earned the highest profit per equity partner (PEP) of any UK law firm. [13] [14]In 2015, the firm represented 33 clients on the FTSE 100 and 44 clients on the FTSE 250, more than any other firm at the time, [14] including governments, entrepreneurs, funds to leading banks, retailers, entertainment companies, industrial conglomerates and professional sports clubs.
In 2010 Irwin Mitchell became one of the first UK law firms to convert to a legal disciplinary partnership, which allowed non-solicitors to become equity partners in the firm. [16] The following year the firm announced its intention to become an alternative business structure (ABS), in order that it could seek external investment. [17]
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is the regulatory body for solicitors in England and Wales. It is responsible for regulating the professional conduct of more than 125,000 solicitors and other authorised individuals at more than 11,000 firms, as well as those working in-house at private and public sector organisations.