Such a rule would prevent solicitors handling the client's case from start to finish.
Note also that barristers are instructed only by solicitors and never by members of the public. A barrister or a group of barristers is referred to as' counsel '.
Camilla Palmer, a specialist in pregnancy discrimination with solicitors Leigh Day, who represented McClain, says: "There was absolutely no issue with the job she was doing."
More than 1267 barristers and solicitors were on the duty lawyer roster and 43313 defendants were represented under the Duty Lawyer Scheme in 2001.
More than 1100 barristers and solicitors were on the duty lawyer roster and 88111 defendants were represented under the Duty Lawyer Scheme in 1999.
The Legal Aid Panel is a list maintained by the Director of Legal Aid that consists of barristers and solicitors in private practice who are willing to undertake legal aid work.
A badly-made will could also land your relatives with legal fees running into thousands of pounds - dwarfing the fees charged by solicitors to draw up a will correctly.
The scheme assigns barristers and solicitors to advise defendants facing extradition and to represent persons who are at risk of criminal prosecution as a result of giving incriminating evidence in Coroner's inquests.
