Sentences with phrase «such as barristers»

In England and Wales, «lawyer» is used to refer to persons who provide reserved and unreserved legal activities and includes practitioners such as barristers, attorneys, solicitors, registered foreign lawyers, patent attorneys, trade mark attorneys, licensed conveyancers, public notaries, commissioners for oaths, immigration advisers and claims management services.

He was active in many legal organizations such as Barristers, the Consumer Attorneys of California, the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association, the Riverside and San Bernardino County Bar Associations, the American Inns of Court and the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).

Not exact matches

Speakers at the Masterclass come from a range of both legal and technical expertise, including solicitors from International firms such as Pinsent Masons, CMS Cameron McKenna, barristers from Keating and Atkin chambers, and technical experts from chambers of commerce, Hill International and Cadogans Consultants.

If there is to be an investigation, then, I suggest that it be undertaken by someone skilled in the rules of evidence, such as a senior judge or barrister.

The new, fairer Advocates» Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS), if implemented, will mean barristers» fees are no longer based on outdated and distorting factors such as the number of pages in a case, but instead are paid according to the seriousness and complexity of the work.

Tanya M. Goldberg of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and Megan B. McPhee of Kim Orr Barristers P.C. (with files from Alex Dimson, student - at - law) provided different perspectives on public health class actions, such as SARS and Maple Leaf.

However, if these same individuals, adhering to the same Christian beliefs, associate with each other in a community such as TWU to study law, the Barristers» Society prohibits them from practicing law in Nova Scotia.

This industry comprises offices of legal practitioners, such as lawyers, barristers and solicitors, primarily engaged in the practice of law.

Barristers are also sometimes employed «in - house» by large organisations such as banks, firms of solicitors and even the Government, as part of the Government Legal Service.

Examples of such organisations are for document signing, barristers, medical agencies, medical experts, courts, surveyors, government agencies and defendants such as insurance companies, local authorities, landlords or solicitors.

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.

Broader opportunities, such as cost cutting and efficiencies within the CPS and at local authority level, has seen the role of barristers evolve.

It also contains links to the IT Panel's chapter - by - chapter blog on what barristers and chambers need to do to prepare for the GDPR, and links to other useful sources of information such as its GDPR Toolkit.

There is no such thing as a firm of barristers.

As a Chambers, we work with a number of pro bono legal assistance charities — such as the Bar Pro Bono Unit, the Environmental Law Foundation, and Advocates for International Development (A4ID)-- to identify cases where our barristers» expertise may be most usefuAs a Chambers, we work with a number of pro bono legal assistance charities — such as the Bar Pro Bono Unit, the Environmental Law Foundation, and Advocates for International Development (A4ID)-- to identify cases where our barristers» expertise may be most usefuas the Bar Pro Bono Unit, the Environmental Law Foundation, and Advocates for International Development (A4ID)-- to identify cases where our barristers» expertise may be most useful.

``... expenses which the Solicitors incur on the member's behalf in the course of an action, such as court fees, fees for experts, barristers» fees (including success fees for barristers where appropriate), copying charges made by others, travelling and hotel expenses (this is not an exhaustive list).»

The jabot, also known by its less impressive names such as a band, court bib or sometimes neck doily, is quite literally a white bib that hangs from a stiff white collar, which is worn around a barrister's neck.

Barrister Benjamin is highly experienced in the areas of yachting and luxury asset law, specialising in finance, construction and purchase, in addition to operational matters such as taxation, insurance and employment.

In a recent column in Canadian Lawyer, Ian Holloway, my Dean and friend, wrote in defence of lawyerly traditions, such as calling Ontario's law society the Law Society of Upper Canada, and barrister's robes.

The barrister Matthew Scott recently argued that IICSA came into being following «VIP paedophile ring» allegations against public figures such as Lord Brittan and Harvey Proctor.

Recognising the difficulties faced by junior practitioners in breaking into areas such as pensions and banking, the chambers has developed a mentoring programme, which sees its barristers regularly deliver training and advice to junior solicitors.

They would carry out visits to the prisons themselves and police stations and get to review all the relevant documents (such as witness statements, medical reports etc.) Furthermore, they may even conduct the trial if a barrister does not.

Established in 1950, the Barristers» Association of Philadelphia, Inc.'s purpose, then and now, has been to address the professional needs and development of Black lawyers in the City of Philadelphia through programs such as seminars, cultural events and publications.

This equates to hundreds of hours» worth of time that barristers, solicitors and law firms have to spend manually managing documents such as disclosure and contractual agreements, instead of working on higher value tasks that really matter and generate profit.

Covering issues such as the fiscal implications of Brexit and other topical issues, barristers specialising in VAT from Essex Court Chambers and Pump Court Tax Chambers will once again collaborate on their celebrated VAT Conference.

Seven Wentworth & Selborne Chambers is a leading Australian commercial floor of barristers based in Sydney with a leading group of practitioners specialising in Building & Construction law and dispute resolution recognised in such publications as Best Lawyers in Australia, Doyle's List, Chambers Asia Pacific.

His lordship emphasised the features of practice at the Bar, such as: individual practice; the prohibition against partnership; and the everyday occurrence for a barrister to appear in front of or against a member of his chambers.

As such, if an organisation has been engaged by a client other than to provide legal advice and assistance (e.g. to provide project management advice, contractual advice and / or adjudication advice, all of which are different to the provision of actual legal advice), then it is unlikely that privilege will apply to that advice regardless of whether the organisation employs solicitors and / or barristers.

As such, the advice and correspondence given to clients by claims consultancies may well have to be disclosed in the event that the matter comes to court, unless the claims consultant has engaged a practising solicitor or barrister to provide legal advice.

Our barristers regularly appear as advocates before foreign courts and tribunals from first instance through to the higher Court such as the Privy Council; as well as appearing on all forms of ADR and provide expert evidence of law in foreign proceedings.

Marc Beaumont has obtained a number of notable victories against the legal regulators in high profile cases such as O'Connor v Bar Standards Board [2012] 17th August, a case that has expanded the direct access functions a Barrister may perform and Okoronkwo v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2008] EWCA Civ 1572.

We work with other professional advisers (such as trade mark attorneys, barristers and labelling consultants) to provide seamless solutions for those of you wishing to take your products to market.

It is important to note that bankruptcy attorney works for hand in hand with other law professionals such as solicitors and barristers.

Rebecca is an Associate in the Bristol office and specialises in defending claims against a wide variety of professionals such as solicitors, barristers, surveyors, accountants, actuaries, property managers and IFAs.

This blog provides a general overview of the current law of solicitor's negligence and the leading cases on the topic, such as Pilotte v. Gilbert, Wright & Kirby, Barristers & Solicitors («Pilotte»).

Some barristers are employed «in - house» at law firms and large commercial organisations (such as the Government Legal Service), which takes away the uncertainty associated with being self - employed and brings with it regular income and benefits.

Our barristers act for individuals who believe their rights have been violated and for leading human rights organisations such as Liberty, the Public Law Project and Public Interest Lawyers.

He also acts in cases against other professionals such as accountants, architects, barristers, consulting engineers and financial advisors.

«With no independent barristers willing to prepare such cases after a 30 % fee cut, the Ministry is now scrambling to try and solve the problem by employing barristers to the Public Defender Service, leading to the additional costs of employment such as holiday pay, pension contributions and national insurance etc..

There is no such thing as «half a lawyer»; either you have the relevant qualification (such as being a trained barrister / solicitor - advocate to represent somebody in court) or you are not, in which case you have the same rights as any member of the public.

LSB chief executive Chris Kenny said the very fact that the test has not operated in practice, other than in limited pilots, means it is «impossible to verify in absolute terms» what impact the test will have on issues such as diversity, and the number or competence of barristers.

We highly recommend speaking with legal professionals such as Grillo Barristers, as we understand the case law and have well established relationships with designated catastrophic assessment medical experts who can work in tandem to help you understand where your injuries may fall on the assessment scale to help you prove your case.

Not only do they cover a wider breadth of cases than reports such as the WLRs, they bring barristers and other legal professionals the most recent case law on particular practice areas before the bigger publications note them up and publish them.

Our barristers have worked with all the standard forms of contract such as JCT, ICE, FIDIC, NEC, IChemE and regularly appear in the Technology and Construction Courts, as well as alternative dispute resolution forums, not only contesting matters but often conducting them, as Chartered Arbitrators, Adjudicators and Mediators.

Malcolm, Solicitor practices are in danger of being put at risk by a barrister - dominated Convocation and by other entities such as, perhaps, government, who either are content to risk solicitor practices to deflect real change to barrister practices (in the case of Convocation) or are looking for quick votes and to hell with the long - term consequences (in the case of government).

To suggest that the «discriminatry principles» reflected in the TWU covenant are incompatible with the principles reflected in the Barristers» and Solicitors» oath is to suggest the conservative Christians (or others who share their views on sexuality such as devout Muslims) can not serve as lawyers in the province of British Columbia.

Such a reform of the barrister's initial training would be in the public interest, as well as the profession's.

Jackson not only urges the judiciary to familiarise itself with such tools, but takes the natural and crucial step of recommending that «e-disclosure as a topic should form a substantial part of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for solicitors and barristers who will have to deal with e-disclosure in practice and the training of judges who will have to deal with e-disclosure on the bench».

Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) is an independent, national organisation of over 1,500 professionals, such as solicitors, barristers, and chartered legal executives, committed to providing the highest quality legal advice on specialist areas, such as wills, powers of attorney and elder abuse.

LDPs would allow «lawyers» from different backgrounds, such as solicitors, barristers, legal executives and licensed conveyancers, to be co-owners of a law firm.