What we can do for you
This depends on whether the Barrister is authorised only for public access or authorised for public access and litigation Barristers Authorised for public access and litigation.
The Barrister can:
- Take on your case from start to finish, including advising you and representing you in court or elsewhere. You can decide what the Barrister does for you, and what you do yourself.
- Take on your case from start to finish, including advising you and representing you in court or elsewhere. You can decide what the Barrister does for you, and what you do yourself.
- Advise you or your business, either in conference or in writing
- Draft the formal court documents (called 'pleadings') setting out your case
- Draft the terms of formal letters such as notices of intended claims, instructions to experts and settlement offers
- Advise you as to the evidence that you will likely need in your case
- Represent you in the Courts and Tribunals
- Attend formal meetings with you such as Joint Settlement Meetings and mediation
- Engage in correspondence for you or on your firm’s behalf (although we may be able to assist you in drafting letters for you to send)
- Take responsibility for the management of court proceedings and put himself on the court record as being able to accept formal notices for you and issue court proceedings for you Investigate your case and interview witnesses
- Instruct experts directly
Barristers Authorised only for public access
The rules relating to direct access mean that we can:
- Advise you or your business, either in conference or in writing
- Draft the formal court documents (called 'pleadings') setting out your case
- Draft the terms of formal letters such as notices of intended claims, instructions to experts and settlement offers
- Advise you as to the evidence that you will likely need in your case
- Represent you in the Courts and Tribunals
- Attend formal meetings with you such as Joint Settlement Meetings and mediation
What we cannot do for you
We are not permitted to:
- Engage in correspondence for you or on your firm’s behalf (although we may be able to assist you in drafting letters for you to send)
- Take responsibility for the management of court proceedings or put ourselves on the court record as being able to accept formal notices for you or issue court proceedings for you (although we can advise you as to how to do this yourself)
- Investigate your case or interview witnesses (although we can advise you as to evidence that you will need to assemble and draft up statements from the material you have collected)
- Hold client money
- Instruct experts directly
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