Sentences with phrase «access barrister»

Search for a direct access barrister, arbitrator or mediator in England & Wales at www.directaccessportal.co.uk

So how does a layperson decide, when deciding hiring a public access barrister?

As a fixed - fee direct access barrister, I often end up spending far more time on a project than I can bill to my client — technology which increases my accuracy and decreases my hours is certainly something I'm keen to explore.

Please see our 4 steps outlining the process of instructing a Public Access Barrister with Barrister For Me.

Save time and money by instructing a Public Access Barrister to advise and represent you at Court.

We have Public Access clerks waiting to assist you and who will recommend which Public Access Barrister is best placed to help you.

Read our simple 4 - step guide to instructing a Direct Access Barrister, then get in touch with the clerks in our central Brighton office who will be able to advise you on what to do next.

A Public Access barrister is an expert in their field of law who specialises in advising clients and providing representation for them at Court if necessary.

As a Direct Access Barrister with a litigation practice, it's difficult managing incoming client care, because I'm in court and tribunal frequently.

Much of Marc's direct access barrister work is conducted on a fixed fee basis.

Marc's disciplinary work is very often undertaken on a direct access barrister basis, thereby saving substantial costs at a time in the life of the client when, by definition, funds may be scarce.

Public Access barristers would be asked what proportion of their income is derived from public access work.

In the UK we have a separation between Solicitors and Barristers and they are two separate professions (although recently they have started to come together with the public now able to access Barristers directly and solicitors having wider rights of audience at Court).

The real issue, the issue that ABS supporters and others do not seem to want to deal with, is how do we make the cost of accessing barristers affordable?

As I have dealt with some of the ways to reduce the cost of accessing barristers elsewhere, I will not repeat them here.

Our Public Access Barristers are here to advise how to reduce the risk of problems or to represent you if your dispute has to go to Court.

Our Public Access Barristers have a wide range of experience of divorce law.

Our Public Access Barristers regularly advise and represent clients on these issues.

Our employment law specialist Public Access Barristers are committed to providing high quality arguments and paperwork across the full range of employment law, including equality, discrimination and commercial matters.

We have a large team of Public Access Barristers who are authorised to provide legal services on a direct access basis.

While being highly skilled in their areas of expertise, our Public Access Barristers are also approachable, patient and caring.

We have an expert team of public access barristers with knowledge and understanding of offences that affect your company.

The Public Access Barristers listed below are dual qualified as mediators.

Our team of civil Public Access Barristers are able to represent and advise you during a mediation.

Our Public Access Barristers will use their expert knowledge, detailed preparation and excellent advocacy skills to achieve this for you.

Our Public Access Barristers are highly skilled advocates and will do their utmost to guide you through the Court process, but this form of dispute resolution is not always the best method.

Not exact matches

Dads who need help agreeing post-separation arrangements, including child contact, can now access a free initial consultation with qualified solicitors, barristers and mediators.

This advance fee fraud email scam asked people to help a Togo barrister access US$ 17 million from the estate of a man who, along with his family, was killed in the 2006 Boxing Day tsunami.

New statistics from the Direct Access Portal, the official Bar Council - backed free - to - use directory of barristers, show that there has been a surge of interest by the public and small businesses going directly to a barrister for help with their legal problems.

Lucinda Orr, Chair of the Employed Barristers» Committee said: «Pro bono has a vital role to play in assisting members of the public who can not afford or access the legal advice they often desperately need — the employed bar has many talented lawyers whose skills can now be deployed to help such people, and I am thrilled that the employed bar will now be able to contribute in this critical area.»

«Our new range of services was shaped by the efforts of the Bar Standards Board in seeking ways to improve public access to barristers.

The proposals, if implemented, will have the effect that many migrants and prisoners will no longer be eligible for legal aid; access to judicial review will be restricted; contracts for criminal work will be the subject of competitive tendering; and fees paid to legal aid solicitors and barristers will be reduced, by more than 50 % in some instances.

As part of its mandate to protect the public interest, the Nova Scotia Barristers» Society is engaged in access to justice issues across Nova Scotia, through its Equity Program and enhanced consultation with other key players in the administration of justice.

Mencap aims to improve access to social care and is therefore attempting to i) gather powerful data in order to influence local and national decision makers; ii) provide early advice with the help of solicitors and barristers working pro bono; and iii) improve legal education by training care managers to spot legal problems and developing a chat bot — an «automated legal brain» which is interactive and can provide information and rights and redress.

The Secret Barrister has pledged royalties from this campaign to the Bar Pro Bono Unit and the publisher, Pan MacMillan, has pledged to match the donation to be split between Law Works (the solicitor's pro bono charity) and Legal Action Group (LAG, the Access to Justice charity).

SAHCA's initiative follows hot on the heels of the launch this month of the Bar Council's direct access portal for barristers.

Successive governments have introduced new laws and regulations, such as the Public Access Scheme and the 2007 Legal Services Act, which have fundamentally changed the way in which barristers as individuals and chambers as business centres operate.

Virtually all the access to justice issues are found on the barrister side of the profession.

Our barristers (all independent self - employed practitioners) are regularly involved in providing legal advice and representation on a pro bono basis (i.e. without charge) for the benefit of individuals and organisations who might otherwise be unable to access legal assistance.

The Equity & Access Office provides in - person training in cultural competence (or referrals to appropriate facilitators) to a wide variety of audiences, including articled clerks in the Skills Course, law students at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, law firms, conferences, and Nova Scotia Barristers» Society staff.

The barristers at Essex Court Chambers, as individual lawyers, may only act on a specific matter or case if instructed to do so by one of the following: a solicitor, a qualified foreign lawyer, or an authorised licensed access client who has been approved under the Bar Standards Board's Licensed Access Recognition Regulaaccess client who has been approved under the Bar Standards Board's Licensed Access Recognition RegulaAccess Recognition Regulations.

From my experience, since Barristers have been allowed direct access to the public (something they were not allowed before) they do not really want to deal with clients on a day to day basis.

The Access to Justice Campaign estimates that the government's plan will initially prevent 90 per cent of accident victims from pursuing claims with legal assistance if the small claims limited for claims is raised to # 5000 — or even at all if the government simply removes the right for people pursuing soft tissue claims following road traffic accidents which is its preferred result and that there will be approximately 60,000 job losses across the industry in law firms, barrister's chambers, medical agencies and insurers.

«There are huge numbers of people being denied access to justice because they can not afford a solicitor or barrister.

The 12 categories are: children's rights; criminal defence; family legal aid; family mediation; housing; public law; social and welfare; legal aid newcomer; legal aid barrister; legal aid firm / not - for - profit agency; access to justice through IT; and outstanding achievement.

With the advent of the Bar Public Access scheme, even a solicitor without a current practising certifi cate may now instruct a barrister directly.

The second annual Flip Your Wig campaign launched Feb. 25 in the Law Society of Upper Canada's barristers» lounge with colourful locks and curls and five organizations putting their heads together to further access to justice for Ontarians.

The other winners were: Legal Aid Newcomer — Tom Royston, Garden Court North; Legal Aid Barrister — Philip Rule, No5 Chambers; Family Private (inc Mediation)-- Mary Shaw, David Gray Solicitors; Family Public — Sheila Donn, Philcox Gray Solicitors; Social & Welfare — Stuart Luke, Bhatia Best; Public Law — Keith Lomax, Minton Morrill Solicitors; Criminal Defence — Graeme Hydari, Hodge, Jones & Allen; Children's Rights — Solange Valdez - Symonds, Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens / Migrant Resource Centre; Legal Aid Firm / Not - for - profit Agency — Community Law Partnership; and Access to Justice through IT — Advicenow, Law for Life.

The failure of the public to access prevention lawyers (solicitors) badly hurts them downstream when they have to access cure lawyers (barristers).

Paul remains committed to assisting Applicants / Claimants in all aspects of Immigration and Nationality Law and prides himself on providing first class legal advice along with excellent client care as a direct access immigration barrister.